Brenda Shaughnessy

Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970) is an Asian American poet most known for her poetry books ''Our Andromeda'' and ''So Much Synth''. Her book, ''Our Andromeda'', was named a Library Journal "Book of the Year," one of ''The New York Times's'' "100 Best Books of 2013." Additionally, ''The New York Times'' and ''Publishers Weekly'' named ''So Much Synth'' as one of the best poetry collections of 2016. Shaughnessy works as an associate professor of English in the MFA Creative Writing program at Rutgers University–Newark. Provided by Wikipedia