Susan Tichy has published four books of poetry: The Hands in Exile (Random House, 1983), A Smell of Burning Starts the Day (Wesleyan, 1988), Bone Pagoda (Ahsahta Press, 2007), and most recently, Gallowglass (Ahsahta, 2010). She teaches in the English department at George Mason University in Virginia. (updated 7/2010)