Lisa Russ Spaar is the author of Cellar (Alderman, 1983), Glass Town (Red Hen, 1999), Blue Venus (Persea, 2004), and Satin Cash (Persea, 2008). She has received fellowships and awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Rona Jaffe Foundation, and the Academy of American Poets. She teaches at the University of Virginia.