Stella BeratlisStella Beratlis grew up in a second-generation Greek- American family in Northern California. Her first collection of poems; ALKALI SINK; was published by Sixteen Rivers Press in 2015. Her second collection of poetry; DUST BOWL VENUS POEMS (2021) is lso published by Sixteen Rivers Press. Her work has also appeared in numerous journals; including Harbor Review; Penumbra; Song of the San Joaquin; In-Posse Review;and California Quarterly; as well as in the anthologies THE PLACE THAT INHABITS US: POEMS FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY WATERSHED (Sixteen Rivers Press; 2010) and California Fire and Water: A Climate Crisis Anthology (Story Streets; 2020). She is coeditor of the collection More Than Soil; More Than Sky: The Modesto Poets (Quercus Review Press; 2011) and served as the poet laureate of Modesto from 2016-20. Beratlis lives in Modesto and is a librarian there. Read More Read Less