Nancy SwansonNancy Swanson is a child of the South, explorer, parent, student of nature, and long-standing teacher who found poetic voice in her own classroom. Her work has been published by Broad River Review, Chattahoochee Review, Comstock Review, English Journl, Kakalak, North Carolina Literary Review, and South Carolina Review, among others.After living on Maui for two years, she and her husband retired in western North Carolina. There she was awarded the Sideny Lanier Poetry Prize, judged by George Bilgere. In 2023, she won second place in the James Applewhite Poetry Contest. Washed and Dried is her first published collection. Read More Read Less