Carmela Ciuraru is the author of NOM DE PLUME: A (SECRET) HISTORY OF PSEUDONYMS, forthcoming in hardcover from HarperCollins. She has edited several anthologies for Alfred A. Knopf/Everyman's Library and for Scribner, including Solitude Poems, Motherhood Poems, Beat Poets, and First Loves. She is a member of the National Book Critics Circle, PEN American Center, and the Authors Guild, and has written for publications such as the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, The New York Observer, The Wall Street Journal, Newsday, O, The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, Interview, Spin, Bookforum, and Tablet, and she writes a culture blog for ReadyMade. You can visit her website at www.carmelaciuraru.com[AUTHOR PHOTO CREDIT: Pieter M. van Hattem]