Kate Daniels was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. Educated at the University of Virginia, she later received her MFA from Columbia University. She is the author of four earlier books of poetry, including A Walk in Victoria's Secret and Four Testimonies. A forthcoming collection, In the Months of My Son's Recovery, includes most of the poems appearing in this chapbook. A former Guggenheim Fellow in Poetry, and a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, Daniels is professor of English at Vanderbilt University where she directs the creative writing program. She also teaches writing at the Baltimore Washington Center for Psychoanalysis and facilitates workshops on writing and recovery in Nashville and other communities.