Jennifer Moxley is the author of five books of poetry, most recently "Clampdown" (Flood 2009) and "The Middle Room" (Subpress 2008), a book of essays, and a memoir. In addition, she has translated three books from the French. In 2005 she was granted the Lynda Hull Poetry Award from Denver Quarterly. Her poem "Behind the Orbits" was included by Robert Creeley in "The Best American Poetry 2002." She was the poetry editor for The Baffler from 1997-2010 and a contributing editor to The Poker 2003-2008. Moxley is Professor of Poetry and Poetics at the University of Maine.