[2][3] He is known for his poetry collection A Life Above Water, which was published by Red Hen Press in 2007.
[6][7] Van Gundy is a graduate of Goddard College, where he received his degree as a Master of Fine Arts.
He was an associate artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Gundy has written poetry and essays appearing in the Oxford American, The Guardian, Ecotone, Poems & Plays and The Louisville Review.
He is the co-editor of Eyes Glowing at the Edge of the Woods: Contemporary Writing from West Virginia, published by Vandalia Press.