Lisa Russ Spaar’s five poetry collections include the forthcoming Orexia (2017) and Vanitas, Rough (2012), both with Persea Books. She has edited three anthologies, including Monticello in Mind:  50 Contemporary Poems on Jefferson (UVA Press, 2016). Her essay collection is The Hide-and-Seek Muse: Annotations of Contemporary Poetry (Drunken Boat, 2013). Her awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rona Jaffe Award, the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize, and the Library of Virginia Award for Poetry. She teaches at the University of Virginia.