John Koethe's most recent book of poems ia Sally's Hair, and a new book, Ninety-Fifth Street, will be published in September by HarperCollins. He is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and last year was the Elliston Poet in Residence at the University of Cincinnati. He will spend the spring semester of 2010 at Princeton as the Bain-Swiggett Professor of Poetry.