Lois Parker EdstromLois Parker Edstrom, a retired nurse, is the author of two chapbooks and seven full-length collections of poetry, including Night Beyond Black, Glint, The Lesson of Plums, and The Language of Tides, published by MoonPath Press. She has received two Hckney Literary Awards, the Outrider Press Grand Prize, the Westmoreland Award, and the Benefactor's Award from Whidbey Island Writers Association. Her poems have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies, been read by Garrison Keillor on The Writer's Almanac, and featured in TedKooser's "American Life in Poetry." Edstrom's career in nursing and her poetic passion coalesced when her poetry appeared in Poems in the Waiting Room, a publication furnished to hospitals and doctors' offices in New Zealand. Her poetry has been translated into Braille and adapted to dance by the Bellingham Repertory Dance Company. The natural beauty of Whidbey Island, where she lives with her husband, inspires much of her work. Read More Read Less