Cole Swensen has published 20 collections of poetry, most recently And, And, And (Shearsman Books, 2023), which was long-listed for the Griffin Prize, and a volume of critical essays, Noise that Stays Noise (University of Michigan Press). Another volume, Veer, is coming out from Alice James Books in 2026. A former Guggenheim Fellow, she has won the Iowa Poetry Prize, the SF State Poetry Center Book Award, and the National Poetry Series and has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the LA Times Book Award. Also a translator, she has won the PEN USA Award in Translation and is currently short-listed for the ALTA 2024 National Translation Award. She divides her time between Paris and the SF Bay Area.