Mer­le Lyn Bach­man is a poet and asso­ciate pro­fes­sor of Eng­lish at Spald­ing Uni­ver­si­ty in Louisville, KY. She is the author of ​“Recov­er­ing ​‘Yid­dish­land’ ”: Thresh­old Moments in Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture” (Syra­cuse Uni­ver­si­ty Press, 2008) and a book of poet­ry, ​“Dio­ra­ma with Flee­ing Fig­ures” (Shears­man Books, 2009).