Robin Clarke writes poetry and nonfiction and teaches writing at the University of Pittsburgh, where she has been involved in organizing a faculty union. Her first book, Lines the Quarry (Omnidawn, 2013), won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd book prize for poetry, and she is also the co-author, with Sten Carlson, of the chapbook Lives of the Czars (nonpolygon, 2011). She is completing a Master of Social Work degree in or-der to practice psychotherapy. She lives with her partner and two daughters in an intentional community of gardeners, activists, peacemakers, and healers.