A native of France where she was trained as a dancer, Brigitte Byrd is the author of Song of a Living Room (Ahsahta, forthcoming fall 2009), The Dazzling Land (Black Zinnias, 2008), and Fence above the Sea (Ahsahta, 2005). New poems recently appeared or forthcoming in the anthology Online Writing:The Best of the First Ten Years (Snow*Vigate Press, with an introduction by Brian Evenson) and literary magazines such as Lilies and Cannonballs, Quarter After Eight, Tarpaulin Sky, Coconut Poetry, and Denver Quarterly, among others. Brigitte’s work has been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize. She is the first-prize poetry winner of the St. Petersburg (Russia) Summer Literary Seminar 2000. She received a PhD in English/Creative Writing from Florida State University in 2003. Brigitte currently lives in the southern crescent of Atlanta with her daughter and their ménagerie and teaches Creative Writing at Clayton State University. She is also an editorial reviewer for Confluence: The Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies and writes micro-reviews for Oranges & Sardines. http://brigittebyrd.com/

SONG OF A LIVING ROOM (Ahsahta Press, 2009), THE DAZZLING LAND (Black Zinnias Books, 2008), FENCE ABOVE THE SEA (Ahsahta Press, 2005)

The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Prose Poetry: Contemporary Poets in Discussion and Practice (Rose Metal Press, 2010), Online Writing: The Best of the First Ten Years (Snowvigate Press, 2009), Shade: An Anthology of Poetry and Fiction (Four Way Books, 2006), Like Thunder: Poets Respond to Violence in America (University of Iowa Press, 2002), American Diaspora: Poetry of Displacement (University of Iowa Press, 2001)

Another Chicago Magazine, Apalachee Review, Bayou, Bird Dog, Bitter Oleander, Black Zinnias, Cabinet Magazine, Coconut Poetry, Columbia Poetry Review, Denver Quarterly, Dragonfire, Eternal Anthology, Fourteen Hills, Georgetown Review, How 2, Indiana Review, Laurel Review, Lilies & Cannonballs, MiPo Literary Journal, Mississippi Review, New American Writing, New Orleans Review, nth position, Phoebe, Pindeldyboz, Quarter After Eight, So to Speak, Spoon River Poetry Review, Women's Studies Quarterly