 Her fifth book, "Given Sugar, Given Salt", was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and her sixth collection, "After", was shortlisted for the "T.S.Eliot Prize" (UK) and named a 'best book of 2006' by "The Washington Post", the "San Francisco Chronicle", and the "Financial Times".Her eighth collection, "The Beauty," was long-listed for the National Book Award and named a 'best book of 2015' by "The San Francisco Chronicle".