Erin Belieu is the author of four poetry collections, all from Copper Canyon Press, including Slant Six, forthcoming in September 2014. Poems from this collection have appeared recently in Slate, The Awl, The Rumpus and Best American Poetry. Belieu teaches in the writing program at Florida State University, is co founder and director of VIDA: Women In Literary Arts and is the artistic director of the Port Townsend Writers Conference. She lives in Tallahassee, Florida.