Laurie Mazzaferro
Laurie Mazzaferros publication credits include Pearl, Barrow Street, Red River Review, Poet Lore, Concrete Wolf, West Branch, 5 AM, The Midwest Poetry Review, Poetry Motel, Chiron Review, Main Street Rag, Sistersong, Illyas Honey, Phoebe, and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. She is a recipient of a Pushcart nomination, an Academy of American Poetry award, an AWP Intro Nomination, and a Wesleyan Scholarship. Her chapbook Breaking the Captives Fetters won the Slipstream 2000 Chapbook contest. She received an MFA in poetry from the University of Pittsburgh where she teaches in the English Department.