Maureen Sherbondy's poems have appeared in Southern Humanities Review, Feminist Studies, Calyx, New York Quarterly, and other journals. She has won the Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Contest, the North Carolina Poet Laureate prize, and many other awards. Her most recent poetry books are Lines in Opposition, Dancing with Dali, and The Art of Departure. Sherbondy holds an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte. She resides in Durham, North Carolina.