Chris Tysh teaches creative writing and women's studies at Wayne State University in Detroit. Her most recent publication is Continuity Girl (New York: United Artists, 2000). Her poems have lately appeared (or are forthcoming) in Chain, Fence, The Chicago Review, Jacket, Mirage, No,PomPom and Talisman. She is the 2003 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in poetry.