Robin Becker is the author of five collections of poems; the most recent is The Horse Fair (U of Pittsburgh P, 2000). In 2002, The Frick Art and Historical Center in Pittsburgh published a chapbook of her poems on selected drawings and prints, called Venetian Blue. She is a professor of English at Penn State University and serves as poetry editor for The Women's Review of Books.

About New Letters:
Poets in this issue: Qiu Xiaolong, Tony Whedon, Virgil Suarez, Maxine Kumin, Robin Becker, Richard Lehnert, Gary Gildner, Albert Goldbarth, Amy Lucas, Steve Kistulentz, Michael Burns, Shirley Rickett, Charles Harper Webb, Peter Serchuk, Carolyn Miller, Daniel Lusk.