Jane Gibian is a Sydney poet whose most recent collection is Ardent (Giramondo, 2007). In 2002 she was an Asialink Literature Resident in Hanoi, Vietnam. Her previous publications include The Body’s Navigation (Five Islands Press, 1998) and a chapbook of haiku, long shadows (Vagabond Press, 2005). She works as a librarian and ESL teacher, and studies Vietnamese.