Joan Murray is a poet, playwright, and editor.  Her most recent books include Poems to Live By in Troubling Times (Beacon Press, 2006), Dancing on the Edge (Beacon Press, 2002), Poems to Live By in Uncertain Times (Beacon Press, 2001), and Looking for the Parade (Norton, 1999), winner of the 1998 National Poetry Series.  She lives and works in Old Chatham, New York.