Elaine AlarcónElaine Alarcón grew up in Anoka, Minnesota. She earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from the University of Denver, where she studied under John Williams and Robert D. Richardson. She has been nominated three times for a Pushcart Prize, haswon the Woody Bartlett Poetry Prize twice, and also the Leon Priestnall Poetry Prize. She now lives in California near the sea. Read More Read Less