STACY DORIS (1962-2012) was the author of seven books in English: Kildare, Paramour, Conference, Knot, Cheerleader’s Guide to the World: Council Book, The Cake Part, and Fledge: A Phenomenology of Spirit. She also wrote three books in French and translated three volumes of French poetry into English. She lived in New York, Paris, and for the last decade of her life, San Francisco, where she taught in the Creative Writing Programs at San Francisco State University.