E. Tracy Grinnell is the author of several books of poetry, including HELL FIGURES (Nightboat Books, 2016), PORTRAIT OF A LESSER SUBJECT (Elis Press, 2015), Helen: A Fugue (Belladonna Elder Series #1, 2008), SOME CLEAR SOUVENIR (O Books, 2006), and MUSIC OR FORGETTING (O Books, 2001). Grinnell's poetry has been translated into French, Serbian, and Portuguese. She currently teaches in the MFA Writing Program at Pratt Institute and lives in Brooklyn, New York. She is the founding editor and director of Litmus Press.