Jenny Boully is the author of The Body:An Essay (Slope Editions, 2002 and Essay Press, 2007) and [one love affair]* (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2006). Her work has appeared in Seneca Review, Boston Review, and Conjunctions, and has been anthologized in The Next American Essay, The Best American Poetry, and Great American Prose Poems: From Poe to the Present. Born in Thailand and reared in Texas, she has studied at Hollins University and the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD Candidate at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She divides her time between Texas and Brooklyn.