Carey TaylorCarey Taylor was born in Bandon, Oregon, shortly after her parents moved into their first home, next door to the Port Orford Lifeboat Station. She grew up following her father's Coast Guard career on the Oregon and Washington coasts, and had the goodfortune to live at Point Wilson Lighthouse, Burrows Island Lighthouse, and Cape Arago Lighthouse as a child.Some of her first memories are her view of the Garibaldi Boat House from her bedroom window at the Tillamook Coast Guard Station, helicopters landing in her front yard, and the persistent background wail of a foghorn. Her love of this western edge of the world has been an integral part of her identity and one of her greatest writing muses.Carey is the author of The Lure of Impermanence (Cirque Press). She is the winner of the 2022 Neahkahnie Mountain Poetry Prize, a Pushcart Prize nominee, and runner-up for the Concrete Wolf Louis Poetry Book Award. She has been published in the United States, Ireland, and England. She has a Master's Degree in School Counseling from Pacific Lutheran University. Carey lives in Portland, Oregon. You can visit her website careyleetaylor.com. Read More Read Less