Author Bio:
Susan Settlemyre Williams is the author of a chapbook, Possession (Finishing Line Press, 2007). Her poetry has appeared in Mississippi Review, 42opus, Shenandoah, Sycamore Review, the Marlboro Review, and diode, among other journals. Her poem “Lighter” won the 2006 Diner Poetry Contest and was selected for Best New Poets 2006. She holds an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and a JD from the University of Richmond and is book review editor and associate literary editor of Blackbird. She lives in Richmond, Virginia.
Ashes
in Midair
by
Susan Settlemyre Williams,
Winner of the2007 MMM Press Book Prize,
Selected by Yusef Komunyakaa