Wendy Vardaman (wendyvardaman.com), Madison, WI, is the author of Obstructed View (Fireweed Press, 2009) and the co-editor of the Wisconsin poetry magazine, Verse Wisconsin (versewisconsin.org). She has a Ph.D. in English from University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Engineering from Cornell University. Her poems, reviews, and interviews with other poets have appeared in a variety of print and online anthologies and journals, including Poetry Daily, Breathe: 101 Contemporary Odes, Riffing on Strings: Creative Writing Inspired by String Theory, Poet Lore, qarrtsiluni, Nerve Cowboy, Women's Review of Books, Rain Taxi Review, Rattle and Portland Review. She works for the children's theater, The Young Shakespeare Players, has three children with husband Thomas A. DuBois, who is a writer and folklorist, and does not own a car.