Ann Keniston is the author of two previous collections and the coeditor of The New American Poetry of Engagement: A 21st Century Anthology (McFarland, 2012). A recipient of fellowships and grants in poetry from the Nevada Arts Council, Sierra Arts (Reno), and the Somerville (MA) Arts Council, she has held residencies at the CAMAC Arts Center (France), the Ucross Foundation, the Ragdale Foundation, the Blue Mountain Center, and elsewhere. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals, including the Yale Review, Gettysburg Review, Water-Stone, and Literary Imagination. A frequent teacher of poetry in K-12 classes, she has also taught poetry and publishing workshops in the community. She is a professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she teaches poetry workshops and literature classes.