Kevin Holden is a poet, critic, and translator. He is currently a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. He is the author of seven books and chapbooks of poetry, including PINK NOISE (Nightboat Books) and BIRCH (Ahsahta), which won the Ahsahta Chapbook Award. He has taught at Bard, Brown, and Harvard and is currently the Writer-in-Residence of Kirkland House at Harvard.