H.K. Rainey received her Master of Fine Arts at Mills College in Oakland, California,where she was a two-time poetry editor of the literary journal 580 Split. She is a founding member of the literary group 9st. Her work has appeared in Jacket Magazine, the Sand Canyon Review, deadpaper, The Walrus, Beginnings, and the anthologies Word Trips: Poems from the First Coast (Hidden Owl Books, 2007) and So Speak Up! (Oakland, 2010). She has appeared in several reading series including Acker's Dangerous Daughters, the Bang Out Reading Series, Contingency, Anger Management and Revenge, and Works in Progress. She is executive producer and co-curator of the Anger Management Reading Series in San Francisco. She lives in the East Bay with her ghost cat.