Carol Muske-Dukes is author of seven books of poetry, most recently Sparrow, a National Book Award finalist published by Random House, 2003. Her other books of poetry are An Octave Above Thunder, New & Selected Poems, Penguin, 1997. Her three novels are Life After Death, Random House (2001), Saving St. Germ, Penguin (1993) and Dear Digby, Viking (1989).She is a regular critic for the New York Times Book Review and the LA Times Book Review. Her work appears everywhere from the New Yorker to L.A. Magazine and she is anthologized widely, including in Best American Poems, 100 Great Poems by Women and many others.