Muriel NelsonMuriel Nelson's publications include Part Song (Bear Star Press, Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize) and Most Wanted (ByLine Press, ByLine Chapbook Award). Nominated five times for the Pushcart Prize, Nelson's poems have appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal,Guesthouse, Hayden's Ferry Review, Hunger Mountain, New American Writing, Ploughshares, Smartish Pace, and others, as well as in several anthologies. Two of her poems have been set to music. She holds master's degrees from the University of Illinois School of Music and the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, and she lives with her husband in Federal Way, Washington. All her life she's enjoyed music and digging in dirt, most recently to challenge our political leaders and her small garden to do more for those who have less. Read More Read Less