Diane GilliamDiane Gilliam is the author of three previous collections of poetry: Kettle Bottom (2004), One of Everything (2003), and Recipe for Blackberry Cake (chapbook, 1999). She holds an MFA from Warren Wilson College and a PhD in Romanc Languages and Literatures from Ohio State University. She has received an Individual Artist Grant from the Ohio Arts Council, the Chaffi n Award for Appalachian Writing, Th e Ohioana Library Association Poetry Book of the Year Award, and a Pushcart Prize. She is the most recent recipient of the $50,000 Gift of Freedom literary award and lives in Akron, OH. Read More Read Less