AMY GERSTLER lives in Los Angeles. In addition to Bitter Angel which was published by North Point Press (1990), and was awarded the National Book Critic's Circle Award for poetry in 1991, her collections of poems include The True Bride (Lapis Press, 1986), Primitive Man (Hanuman Books, 1987), Nerve Storm (Penguin, 1993), and Crown of Weeds (Penguin, 1997). She has taught English and creative writing at Otis Art Institute, Art Center College of Design, UCLA extension, and the University of California at Irvine.