Kim Addonizio is the author of a previous story collection, In the Box Called Pleasure; two novels Little Beauties and My Dreams Out in the Street; five poetry collections; and two books on writing poetry. She recently collaborated with woodcut artist Charles D. Jones on My Black Angel: Blues Poems and Portraits. She has received numerous honors for her writing, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and two NEA Fellowships, and was a National Book Award Finalist in 2000. She lives in Oakland, California, and New York City, and teaches Private Writing workshops in person and online. She plays harmonica with the word/music group Nonstop Beautiful Ladies and volunteers for the Hunger Project, a global organization empowering the poorest people in the world to end their own hunger and poverty.