Melissa DickeyMelissa Dickey is the author of two previous books of poetry: DRAGONS (Rescue Press, 2016) and THE LILLY WILL (Rescue Press, 2011), and her poetry and essays have appeared in New Orleans Review, Interim, Columbia Poetry Reviewm>, and the anthology The Anatomy of Silence (Red Press Ltd, 2019), among other places. Born and raised in New Orleans, she currently lives in Western Massachusetts with her partner and their four children. She teaches literature and writing at an independent high school. Read More Read Less