In her new long poem, Unbecoming Behavior (Ugly Duckling Press, 2008), Kate Colby '96 incorporates part autobiography and part revisionist biography of the 20th-century fiction writer and playwright Jane Bowles. The poem considers personal historicity, persona, performance, femininity, travel, exile, home, storytelling, and the act of writing. Colby is the author of the poetry collection Fruitlands, winner of the Norma Farber First Book Award, as well as chapbooks from Anadama and Belladonna. Her work has appeared in Aufgabe, New American Writing, and Vanitas.