Mischa Willett has written poems, translations, and essays for Books and Culture, Chronicle of Higher Education, First Things, Comment Magazine, Front Porch Republic, and other such venues. A specialist in Romantic-era aesthetics, he is Director of the new MFA program in Creative Writing at Whitworth University. In This Gift Card Has Already been Redeemed, Willett follows up two previous critically acclaimed poetry books with this new collection that negotiates biblical worldview with contemporary poetics.