Sally Wen Mao was born in Wuhan, China and grew up in Boston and the Bay Area. She is a Kundiman fellow and 826 Valencia Young Author's Scholar. Her poetry is published or forthcoming in "Colorado Review, Gulf Coast, Hayden's Ferry Review, Indiana Review, Passages North, Quarterly West," and "West Branch," among others. She holds a BA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA from Cornell University, where she is currently a lecturer.