Laura Mullen is the author of eight books, including Complicated Grief (Solid Objects), Enduring Freedom: A Little Book of Mechanical Brides (Otis Books), and After I Was Dead (U. Georgia Press). Recognitions for her poetry include Ironwood’s Stanford Prize, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Rona Jaffe Award. Her poems have been published in periodicals such as The Nation, Poetry, and Lana Turner.