LAURIE BLAUNER is the author of six books of poetry, including, most recently, Wrong. A poetry chapbook called Figments (& other occurrences) was published in 2013 by dancing girl press. She also is the author of three novels from Black Heron Press: The Bohemians, Infinite Kindness, and Somebody. A novella was published in 2011 by Main Street Rag. She has received a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship as well as Seattle Arts Commission, King County Arts Commission, 4Culture, and Artist Trust grants and awards. Her MFA is from the University of Montana. She was a resident at Centrum in Washington state and was in the Jack Straw Writers Program in 2007. Her work has appeared in The New Republic, The Nation, The Georgia Review, American Poetry Review, Poetry, Slate, Mississippi Review, and many other magazines. She lives in Seattle.