She holds a B.A. in History and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, as well as a PhD in Poetics from SUNY Buffalo. She is the author of 2 books from Fence Books: The Method (forthcoming) and A Magic Book (from 2004), as well as a collaboration with Gordon Hadfield called correspondence (published by Handwritten Press). Steensen serves as one of the poetry editors for Colorado Review and she’s also co-editor of Bonfire Press.