James Ciano holds an MFA from New York University and a PhD in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Southern California.

Under editor David St. John, he is an Associate Editor of Swirl & Vortex: Collected Poems of Larry Levis, forthcoming in 2026 from Graywolf Press.

His debut collection The Committee of Men is forthcoming from BOA Editions in May 2026.

He is the 2025-2027 Creative Writing Fellow in Poetry at Emory University.