is the author of Impossible Lessons (MoonPath Press) and of poems and essays appearing in Gulf Coast, Indiana Review, Rhino Poetry, Terrain.org, and Water~Stone Review. An Artsmith Residency Fellow, she holds a Ph.D. from the University of California-Davis and lives in Bellingham, Washington, where she writes about long-distance foot travel, faith trouble, horse-keeping, motherhood, deforestation, and women in the courtroom.