Garrett Hongo was born in Volcano, Hawaii, lived as a child in Kahuku on O`ahu, and grew up thereafter in Los Angeles. He is the author of two previous collections of poetry, three anthologies, and VOLCANO: A MEMOIR OF HAWAI`I. His poems and essays have appeared in The Kenyon Review, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, Ploughshares, The American Poetry Review, Amerasia Journal, Raritan, and Virginia Quarterly Review. He has been the recipient of several awards, including fellowships from the NEA, the Guggenheim Foundation, and The Rockefeller Foundation. Hongo lives in Eugene and teaches at the University of Oregon.