Harriet Brown's poems have appeared in Poetry, Southern Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner, and other magazines, and have won various awards, including Grand Prize in the Atlanta Review's International Poetry Competition. She's been a finalist in the Discovery/The Nation poetry contest, and has been awarded a New York State CAPS grant, a fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center, and numerous fellowships to Yaddo. She earned an M.F.A. from Brooklyn College in 1982.