James Ciano holds an MFA from New York University. Originally from New York, he lives in Los Angeles, California where he is currently a Provost Fellow and PhD Candidate in Creative Writing and Literature at 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.