SARA BACKER - Former Californian Sara Backer now has an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, lives in New Hampshire, and teaches at UMass Lowell. She has two chapbooks, Scavenger Hunt (dancing girl press, 2018) and Bicycle Lotus (Left Fork, 2015), which won the Turtle Island Poetry Award. Her writing has been honored with residency fellowships from the Norton Island and Djerassi programs and with eight Pushcart Prize nominations. Her website is sarabacker.com.Headshot: Bryan Pfeiffer