Ewa Chrusciel is a poet, translator, and educator. She is the author of four books of poems in English published by Omnidawn: Yours, Purple Gallinule; Strata;Of Annunciations; and Contraband of Hoopoe. She is also the author of three books in Polish, and her poems and translations have been published in a variety of journals and anthologies in the United States, Poland, Hungary, and Italy. She is professor of creative and professional writing at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire.