Ruth SmullinRuth Ann Smullin grew up in inner city and suburban Boston. As an adult, she lived for 34 years in North Carolina, where she began writing poetry seriously with the help of an experienced critique group. She now lives in the Boston area. Her work hasbeen published in Bagelbard Anthologies, Common Ground Review, Constellations, Crucible (winner of the Sam Ragan Prize), Ibbetson Street, Naugatuck River Review, Plainsongs, Sow's Ear Poetry Review, The Aurorean, and is forthcoming in Atlanta Review. Read More Read Less