Clara Changxin Fang immigrated to the United States from China when she was 9 years old. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from University of Utah and a Master of Environmental Management from Yale. Her poems have been published in Poet Lore, Nimrod, Tupelo Quarterly, Verse Daily, and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She currently resides in Malvern, Pennsylvania and blogs at Residenceonearth.net.