Mol­ly Pea­cock is the author of six pre­vi­ous col­lec­tions of poet­ry, includ­ing The Sec­ond Blush and Cor­nu­copia: New and Select­ed Poems. Her poems are includ­ed in The Oxford Book of Amer­i­can Poet­ry and appear in lead­ing lit­er­ary jour­nals inter­na­tion­al­ly. Pres­i­dent Emeri­ta of the Poet­ry Soci­ety of Amer­i­ca, she co-cre­at­ed Poet­ry in Motion, a pro­gram of plac­ards on sub­ways and bus­es. Award­ed fel­low­ships from the Ingram Mer­rill, Woodrow Wil­son, and Leon Levy Foun­da­tions, the Nation­al Endow­ment for the Arts, and the Cana­da Coun­cil for the Arts, Pea­cock is also author of a biog­ra­phy, The Paper Gar­den: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life’s Work at 72, and a mem­oir, Par­adise, Piece by Piece. She is based in Toron­to and New York.