Shadows is the fourth poetry collection by Gene Kimmet. Previous collections include Reflections of My Father (Canopic, 2015), Skipping Stone (Dream Stone Press, 2000) and In Fee Simple (Stormline Press, 1986.Gene Kimmet is a retired professor of economics from Harper College in Palatine, Illinois. He was born in Lima, Ohio, a town with a long history of heavy industrial production. Kimmet worked at a variety of jobs there, including lens grinder, foundry worker, service station operator, and salesman, before receiving a BA in economics from Ohio Northern University. He later earned an MA in economics from Case Western Reserve University and a post-master's degree in economics from Northern Illinois University.