Barbara Helfgott Hyett began writing in 1978, and published her first book, In Evidence: Poems of the Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps, in 1986. She published widely in the years that followed, and her 1992 collection, The Tracks We Leave: Poems on Endangered Wildlife of North America, was a pioneer in the genre of ecopoetry. Her other books, Natural Law, The Double Reckoning of Christopher Columbus, Rift and Come Thunder have all received acclaim. Helfgott Hyett has twice received The New England Poetry Club’s Gertrude Warren Prize, and was a finalist for the Academy of American Poets’ Walt Whitman Prize and the Yale Younger Poet’s Prize. She has received numerous fellowships, including from the National Endowment for the Arts, Yaddo, The Boston Foundation, and others. She also served as a judge for the Elie Wiesel Foundation’s Ethics Prize for over 20 years. She has been a dedicated literary citizen throughout her career, teaching at schools and colleges in the Boston area, and co-founding the Writer’s Room of Boston. Her signature workshop, PoemWorks, was named “one of the best places for workshops” by the Boston Globe in 2005, and the vibrant community she fostered continues to thrive today.