Tara BallardTara Ballard was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. For nearly a decade now, she and her husband have been living in the Middle East, dividing their time between countries in the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula. She has an MFA in creative writingand the literary arts from the University of Anchorage, Alaska. Her poems have appeared in Bellingham Review, Salamander, The Southampton Review, Poetry Northwest, and other literary magazines in the United States and abroad. Read More Read Less