Nance Van Winckel's fourth collection is Beside Ourselves (Miami University Press, 2003). She has received two National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowships. New poems appear in American Poetry Review, Gettysburg Review, Ploughshares, New Letters, and DoubleTake. She has also published three books of short stories, most recently Curtain Creek Farm (Persea Books, 2000). She teaches in the M.F.A. programs at Eastern Washington University and Vermont College.

Other poems by Nance Van Winckel in Verse Daily:
January 9, 2004:  "Let me Remind You You Are Still Under Oath"   "Out of marsh out of the bronchial..."
February 3, 2003:  "Passing Through the Shadows Of Great Buildings"   "The beggar in plaid blankets wanted to kiss my hand..."
January 15, 2003:  "Cautionary Tale"   "The funny bearded goat..."
January 6, 2003:  "Bid Me Be the Bird"   "May the lower, liquid half of the world..."

About Kenyon Review:
Poets in this issue: Steven Cramer, Lisa Croneberg, Sharon Dolin, Stephen Dunn, Roger Fanning, Albert Goldbarth, Terrance Hayes, Michael Heffernan, T. R. Hummer, Paul Kane, Joanna Klink, Billy Lopez, Cate Marvin, Sandra McPherson, D. Nurkse, Donald Platt, Arthur Rimbaud, Antun Branko Simic, Elizabeth Spires, Nance Van Winckel, Virgil, David Ferry