Paula Cisewski is the author of Upon Arrival (Black Ocean, 2006) and the chapbook How Birds Work (Fuori Editions, 2002). Her poems are forthcoming or have appeared in literary magazines such as Swink, Konundrum Engine, Conduit, Spinning Jenny, Forklift, Ohio, Black Warrior Review, Crazyhorse, SHADE, swerve, and Hunger Mountain. A graduate of the low-residency MFA program at Vermont College, she lives and teaches in Twin Cities, Minnesota.