Kimiko Hahn is the author of nine collections of poetry, most recently, Brain Fever and Toxic Flora. Both of these are triggered by rarified fields of science; previous subjects include Asian American identity, women's issues, The Tale of Genji, necrophilia, entomology, premature burial, black lung disease, and so on. She is a distinguished professor in the MFA Program in Creative Writing & Literary Translation at Queens College, The City University of New York.