Leonore Wilson, California is author of poetry collections Western Solstice and Tremendum, Augustu, published widely in such publications as Quarterly West, Upstreet, Laurel Review, Iowa Review, Pif, Boxcar Poetry, has taught at various colleges and universities in the Bay Area, and is on the MFA Board at St Mary’s College in California. She has won fellowship to the University of Utah (Writers Work) and Villa Montalvo Center for the Arts.