GLORI SIMMONS is the author of the short story collection Suffering Fools (Willow Springs Editions, 2001) and a book of poetry, Graft (Truman State University Press, 2002). A former Stegner Fellow, she has received numerous awards for her poetry and fiction and has taught throughout the Bay Area. She currently lives in Oakland, California, and is the director of the Thacher Gallery at the University of San Francisco.