Rachel Wetzsteon is the author of two books of poems, THE OTHER STARS and HOME AND AWAY, and of two forthcoming books: INFLUENTIAL GHOSTS: A STUDY OF AUDEN’S SOURCES (Routledge 2005) and SAKURA PARK (Persea 2006), a third collection of poems. She teaches literature and writing at William Paterson University and the Ninety-Second Street Y.