A. E. Stallings, author of Archaic Smile (Richard Wilbur Award, U of Evansville) lives in Athens, Greece.  She is completing a verse translation of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, and a second manuscript of poems.  In the summer, she directs a poetry workshop on the island of Spetses.

About The National Poetry Review:
Poets in this issue: Seth Abramson, Debra Bruce, Rachel Dacus, J. P. Dancing Bear, Richard Foerster, Bob Hicok, Lynne Knight, Ted Kooser, Hailey Leithauser, Kate Light, Sarah Lindsay, S. D. Lishan, Susan McLean, Muriel Nelson, Nathan Parker, Liz Robbins, Eva Salzman, Maurya Simon, R. T. Smith, A. E. Stallings, Diane Thiel, Alison Woods, C. Dale Young