Don Iannone's poetry has inspired, comforted, and entertained readers and listeners since the early 1990s. Cancer as Spiritual Teacher is his most popular poetry collection, which was first published in 2018. Because of its popularity, Don committed himself to a rewrite of the book, adding new poems, rewriting many existing poems, and including analyses of ten poems in the book. Don serves as a faculty member at the Business School of the European Union-based Transcontinental University. Together with his wife, Mary, he has been providing part-time complementary medicine services to patients at the Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center since 2017. Don's expansive 47-year career has led him to 32 states, 10 countries, and 10 American Indian reservations. He is the author of twenty-two books that cover nonfiction, poetry, and photography, in addition to many articles in academic and professional journals. In October 2023, he published a popular personal memoir, 'Stories from an Hourglass, ' which shares many insights from his personal and professional life. Born in the steel and coal regions of Eastern Ohio, Don's early life in Martins Ferry and St. Clairsville lends a genuine depth to his life story. He and his wife live in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Don holds doctorates in Divinity and Philosophy.