Considered a founding member of the West Coast "Language Poets," Rae Armantrout has written numerous books of poetry, including Extremities, Necroromanace, Up to Speed, Veil, and Next Life. Praised for resisting the easy definitions placed in language poetry, she has twice received Fund for Poetry Awards and was a recipient of the California Arts Council Fellowship. Her work has been selected multiple times for inclusion in Best American Poetry and anthologized by Norton in their Postmodern American Poetry collection. She currently teaches at the University of California, San Diego.