Mair�ad Byrne is the author of poetry collections THE BEST OF (WHAT'S LEFT OF) HEAVEN (Publishing Genius Press, 2010), TALK POETRY (Miami University Press, 2007), SOS Poetry (/ubu Editions, 2007), and Nelson & The Huruburu Bird (Wild Honey Press, 2003); and poetry chapbooks including State House Calendar , An Educated Heart , Vivas , Kalends , and The Pillar . Collaborations with visual artists include Jennifer's Family (photographs by Louisa Marie Summer), Lucky (illustrations by Abigail Lingford), and three books with Irish painters. Mair�ad Byrne is the co-founder, curator and emcee for couscous, a poetry/music/performance series which has been running monthly for five years in… Providence, where she is employed as Professor of Poetry + Poetics at Rhode Island School of Design.