ANDREA HOLLANDER is the author of four previous full-length poetry collections and three chapbooks. Her many honors include two Pushcart Prizes (in poetry and literary nonfiction), two poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize, the D. H. Lawrence Fellowship, the Runes Poetry Award, the Ellipsis Prize, the Vern Rutsala Award, an individual artist fellowship from Literary Arts of Oregon, and two fellowships in poetry from the Arkansas Arts Council. Since her retirement after twenty-two years as the writer-in-residence at Lyon College in Arkansas, she has lived in Portland, Oregon, where she conducts creative writing tutorials, seminars, and workshops. Her website is www.andreahollander.net.