Lyn Hejinian is a poet, essayist, teacher, and translator. Her most recent published book of poetry is THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND EYES (Omnidawn, 2012). Other books include A BORDER COMEDY (Granary Books, 2001), SLOWLY and THE BEGINNER (both published by Tuumba Press, 2002), THE FATALIST (Omnidawn, 2003), and SAGA/CIRCUS (Omnidawn, 2008). The University of California Press published a collection of her essays entitled The Language of Inquiry in 2000. Translations of her work have been published in China, Denmark, Finland, France, Holland, Italy, Japan, Russia, Serbia, Spain, and Sweden. She is cur...