Maryann HurttGrowing up in Livermore, California, Maryann Hurtt aspired to be a rodeo clown. By the time she was in 6 th grade in Arlington, Virginia, she recorded in her diary that she wanted to be a storyteller (a good one) She now lives in Wisconsin's Kettle Mraine and is retired after thirty years working as a hospice RN. She spends her time hiking, reading, biking, and writing. Hurtt's poetry has been published in a variety of print journals, online, and anthologies including Verse Wisconsin, Poetry Hall, Ariel, Stoneboat, Verse-Virtual, Wisconsin People & Ideas, Blue Heron Review, Halfway Down the Stairs, Snapdragon, Cancer Poetry Project II and others. Her chapbook, River, came out in 2016. She also co-authored with Cynthia Frozena, Hospice Care Planning: An Interdisciplinary Guide. She is passionate about environmental issues and has shared her Tar Creek poetry in Wisconsin, Oregon, Oklahoma, Montana, Vermont, New Mexico, Arizona, and Washington D C. She is forever grateful to Water and Water Protectors everywhere. Read More Read Less