Kimiko Hahn's poetry explores the interplay-and tensions-among her various identities: mother, lover, wife, poet, and daughter of both the Midwest and Asia. However astonishing her subjects-from sideshow freaks to sadomasochistic fantasy-they ultimately emerge in this startling collection as moving images of the deepest levels of our shared humanity.

A chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, Kimiko Hahn has published more than ten collections on subjects ranging from Asian American identity and zuihitsu to rarified fields of science. Her honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, PEN/Voelcker Award, Shelley Memorial Prize, and, most recently, the 2023 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for Lifetime Achievement. She teaches in the MFA program for Creative Writing & Literary Translation at Queens College, City University of New York.