Joan I. Siegel
Joan I. Siegel received a BA from Hunter College and an MFA from New York University. She is the author of The Fourth River (Shabda Press, 2015), A Passing (Deerbrook Editions, 2014), Light at Point Reyes (Shabda Press, 2012), and Hyacinth for the Soul (Deerbrook Editions, 2009). She is also the coauthor, with her husband J. R. Solonche, of Peach Girl: Poems for a Chinese Daughter (Grayson Books, 2001). She currently teaches at SUNY–Orange County.