Tina Cane was born and raised in New York city. She completed her Masters degree in French Literature at the University of Paris X-Nanterre and has taught French, English and Creative Writing. Her poems can be found in journals including Salt Hill, Hanging Loose, Barrow Street, and Spinning Jenny. Prose poems in French appear in the anthology Laisse de Mer (Francoforum, 1999). Tina's book-length poem, Law of Fives, was a finalist for the National Poetry Series first book award and, most recently, for Fence's Alberta prize.