Wendy Vardaman, wendyvardaman.com, is Poet Laureate (with Sarah Busse) of Madison, WI and co-editor/webmaster of Verse Wisconsin, versewisconsin.org, and Cowfeather Press, cowfeatherpress.org. She is the author of Obstructed View (Fireweed Press 2009) and co-editor of the 2013 Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar. In addition to poetry, she writes essays and interviews, which have appeared in Poetry Daily, Women’s Review of Books, and Poets.org, as well as other venues. She has a Ph.D. in English from the University of Pennsylvania and works part-time for The Young Shakespeare Players. With husband, Thomas DuBois, she has three children and does not own a car.
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Alice Benson lives in Wisconsin with her wife and their dog. She recently retired from a job in a human services field; previously she spent over thirteen years working with a domestic violence program. Her Read more