Anne McCradyAnne McCrady's poetry and creative nonfiction appear in journals, anthologies and arts magazines, including The Texas Review, Texas Poetry Calendar, Borderlands, REAL, Windhover, Concho River Review>, Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas, and English in Texas. She won the Edwin M. Eakin Memorial Book Publication Award with Along Greathouse Road. Under a Blameless Moon won the Pudding House Chapbook Prize. McCrady's poetry has garnered national recognition, including the NFSPS Founders Award, the Burning Bush Prize, and two Pushcart nominations. Her poetry has been featured by the NPR Twitter feed, the Occupy Poetry web site, and the Museum of Fine Art, Houston. Her essay Speaking the Unspoken appears in WINGBEATS: EXERCISES AND PRACTICE IN POETRY (Dos Gatos Press, 2011). Passionate about social justice, McCrady is a frequent speaker and workshop leader, offering literary, inspirational, and storytelling presentations. A lifelong naturalist, McCrady received a chemistry degree with a minor in biology from Stephen F. Austin State University. She has spent her life in East Texas and now lives in Tyler, with her husband, Mike. Read More Read Less