Bio: C.S. Fuqua's books include Trust Walk, The Swing: Poems of Fatherhood (2008 EPIC selection for Best Poetry Collection), Big Daddy's Gadgets, Divorced Dads, and Notes to My Becca, among others. His poems and short stories have appeared widely in publications such as Main Street Rag , Iodine, Christian Science Monitor, Chiron Review, Cemetery Dance, Bogg, and The Old Farmer's Almanac.
If I Were... is a collection of connected, playful poems that promote a positive, compassionate message in a time when children are routinely subjected to cynicism and tragedy, encouraging empathy through different and fantastic viewpoints.