Midsummer (2000") and Excerpt from "Sparrow," Reading Between A&B'' 1955 births American people of German descent American poets American poets of Asian descent American writers of Japanese descent Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Queens College, City University of New York faculty Living people University of Iowa alumni American women poets People from Mount Kisco, New York People from Pleasantville, New York American Book Award winners 20th-century American poets 21st-century American poets 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers American women writers of Asian descent