She was raised by a feminist Episcopal priest and a conscientious objector nurse anesthetist. A finalist for the Robin Becker Chapbook Prize, she has work in various online and print journals, and taught writing workshops at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival and the Hitchcock Center for the Environment. She holds degrees from Hampshire College, Goddard College, and Simmons University. A resident of the Connecticut River Valley since 2001, she lives in Easthampton, MA with her wife and their animals. When she’s not reading, writing, or earning a living as an academic librarian, she’s usually out in the garden or on a trail somewhere.