CHRISTIAN MCEWEN is the author of World Enough & Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down. She has taught poetry, creative writing, and environmental literature at a number of different venues, including Williams College, Lesley University, and the New School in New York City. She has been a fellow at the Yaddo and Macdowell Colonies, and received a grant in playwriting from the MA Cultural Council in 2011. She is currently working on a play about women and money, entitled Legal Tender: Women & the Secret Life of Money.