Emily Vizzo is a San Diego poet, editor, educator, and author of the essay, “A Personal History of Dirt,” which was noted in Best American Essays 2013. Vizzo’s work has been published or is forthcoming in FIELD, The Journal, North American Review, and The Normal School. Vizzo serves as assistant managing editor at Drunken Boat, and volunteers with VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, Poetry International, and Hunger Mountain. She earned her MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts and teaches yoga at the University of San Diego.  

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