Kathleen Aponick received an MFA from the Writing Program at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina and has published poetry in many journals, including Notre Dame Review, The Classical Outlook, Seneca Review, and more recently Tampa Review and The Healing Muse. She has two chapbooks: Near the River's Edge, published by Pudding House Publications and The Port, published by Finishing Line Press. A former teacher and editor, she also co-edited Merrimack, A Poetry Anthology with Jane Brox and Paul Marion (Loom Press).