<DIV><p>“Her poems make vivid what has become dusty, and return us to, as real art does, the brilliance of initial perception.”—Jane Hirshfield</p><p>“The mythmaking in these poems is fierce and wildly original—this is a thrilling new poetic voice.”—Nick Flynn</p><p><b>Monica Ferrell</b> was born in 1975 in India. A former Discovery/<i>The Nation</i> prizewinner and Wallace Stegner Fellow, she currently teaches in the creative writing program at Purchase College. Her first novel, <i>The Answer Is Always Yes</i>, was published by Dial Press in May 2008. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.</p></DIV>