Barbara Ungar is the author of six poetry collections: After Naming the Animals (The Word Works, 2024); Save Our Ship (Ashland Poetry P, 2019); Immortal Medusa (The Word Works, 2015); Charlotte Brontë, You Ruined My Life (The Word Works, 2011); The Origin of the Milky Way, (Gival P, 2007); and Thrift (Word Tech, 2005). Professor emerita from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY, she holds degrees from Stanford (BA), City College, CUNY (MA), and The Graduate Center, CUNY (PhD). Her poems have appeared in Scientific American, Rattle, Salmagundi, Southern Indiana Review, Pedestal, Crazyhorse, and many other journals and anthologies. Her honors include the Snyder Prize from Ashland Poetry Press, the Gival Poetry Prize, a silver IPPY (Independent Publishers award), a Hoffer award, Distinguished Favorite at the Independent Press Awards, and twice being named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of the year. She has read widely, including at The Dodge Poetry Festival, The Poetry Society of America, and Poets House. Her work has been translated into Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Bulgarian. The author of Haiku in English and three chapbooks, she traveled around the world for several years, and now lives in Saratoga Springs, New York. (Photo by Joanne Ungar)