Debra Kang Dean is the author of three collections of poetry, including one from BOA Editions, Precipitates (2003). Her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies, including The Best American Poetry 1999 (Scribner, 1999), The New American Poets: A Bread Loaf Anthology (Middlebury, 2000) and Urban Nature: Poems about Wildlife in the City (Milkweed Editions, 2000). She is on the faculty of the Spalding University brief-residency MFA Program, and is a contributing editor for Tar River Poetry. For more information about Debra Kang Dean, visit debrakangdean.com.