Claire Bateman is the author of five books of poetry: Leap (New Issues, 2005), Clumsy (New Issues, 2003), At the Funeral of the Ether (Ninety-Six Press, 1998), Friction (Eighth Mountain Press, 1998), and The Bicycle Slow Race (Wesleyan University Press, 1991). She lives in Greenville, South Carolina.  

Photo by Jon Bateman