Bilinda Straight
Bilinda Straight earned her MFA in poetry from Western Michigan University and a PhD in anthropology from The University of Michigan. She was a finalist for the 2012 New Letters Literary Award, and her poetry has appeared in Chariton Review, Mid-American Review, and Poetry East. In addition to poetry, Bilinda has a research and publishing career as an anthropologist and teaches in the School of Environment, Geography, and Sustainability at Western Michigan University.