Mari L’Esperance’s poems have appeared in The Beloit Poetry Journal, Many Mountains Moving, Pequod, Salamander, and elsewhere and her work has been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize. A graduate of New York University's Creative Writing Program and a recipient of grants from the New York Times Company Foundation, Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, and Hedgebrook, L’Esperance currently lives in Oakland, California, where she works in social services.

The Darkened Temple (University of Nebraska Press, 2008)

Begin Here (Sarasota Poetry Theater Press, 2000)