About the Author:

Kristy Odelius is a poet and Assistant Professor of English at North Park University (Chicago, IL) where she teaches creative writing and 19th century British literature. She's a fan of gothic literature, tennis, and Baltic archipelagos. Her work has appeared in Notre Dame Review,Chicago Review, Combo, Versal, ACM, La Petite Zine, Diagram and others. Her poems are included in The City Visible: Chicago Poetry for the New Century, (Cracked Slab Books, 2007). Odelius's first full-length collection of poems Strange Trades, is forthcoming from Shearsman Books in 2008.