was born and raised in Presque Isle, Maine. She received her Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Maine in 1996, her M.F.A. in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, and her Ph.D. in English from the University of Georgia. Her work has appeared in Calyx, Seneca Review, The Atlanta Review, and Crab Orchard Review. She was the recipient of the inaugural Betsy Sholl Award for Excellence in Poetry by the University of Southern Maine’s Words & Images magazine.

is a writer, artist, and mediator who lives in Central Vermont. She is a member of the Writer’s Hotel Workshop, where she and Michael met for many years.

is the author of five books of poetry, most recently Exceptions and Melancholies: Poems 1986 – 2006 (2007 PEN USA Poetry Award), as well as a translation of the Federico García Lorca collection, Poema del cante jondo   /Poem of the Deep Song. A new poetry collection, Your Moon (2013 Green Rose Poetry Prize), is forthcoming.

is a Vermont College professor of liberal studies, has two books of poetry, Forms of Praise, published by Ohio State University Press, and The Calling, published by Alice James. He also has a chapbook, The Invisible Boy, published by Writer’s Voice Press. He finds the print–on–demand concept appealing and is exploring that option for his next book of poems.