The author of the poetry collectionThe Kingdom of Surfaces(Graywolf Press, 2023) and the forthcoming fiction collectionNinetails(Penguin Books), Mao is also the author of two previous poetry collections:Oculus(Graywolf Press, 2019), a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; andMad Honey Symposium(Alice James Books, 2014). The recipient of two Pushcart Prizes and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, she was recently a Cullman Fellow at the New York Public Library and a Shearing Fellow at the Black Mountain Institute. SLC, 2023–
