Carolyn Guinzio is the author of seven previous collections, including A Vertigo Book. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, Poetry, and other journals. Her other books include Spoke & Dark and Ozark Crows, a collection of visual poems. A Chicago native, she has lived just outside Fayetteville, Arkansas, since 2002. Her website is carolynguinzio.tumblr.com