<DIV><BR><P>Laura Kasischke's stories are populated by people coming to terms with a life that is just a little bit off?there's a cooler of eyeballs in the backseat and a tiny mummified heart in the dresser drawer. Lucid and unsparing, Kasischke offers no detours around the mysteries of our own minds and motives. We're right to be spooked.</P><BR><P><B>Laura Kasischke</B> is the author of seven collections of poetry and seven novels. Her work has received many honors, including the Pushcart Prize and the Juniper Poetry Prize. Her latest, <I>Space in Chains</I>, won the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry.</P><BR></DIV>