Jill Alexander EssbaumJill Alexander Essbaum is the award-winning author of several collections of poetry including Heaven, Harlot, Necropolis, and the single-poem chapbook The Devastation. Her first novel Hausfrau debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List and has bee translated into 26 languages. Her work has appeared in dozens of journals including Poetry, TheChristian Century, Image, and The Rumpus, as well as multiple Best American Poetry anthologies. A two-time NEA fellow, Jill is a core faculty member in The Low Residency MFA Program at University of California-Palm Desert. She lives in Austin, Texas. Read More Read Less