Richard Hedderman is a multi-Pushcart Prize nominated poet whose work has appeared in dozens of literary journals both in the U.S. and abroad. His most recent book of poems is, Choosing a Stone (Finishing Line Press.) Publications include The Stockholm Review of Literature, Rattle, The American Poetry Review, Kestrel, Chicago Quarterly Review, Stone Poetry Quarterly, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, and Santa Fe Literary Review. His poems have been collected in several anthologies including In a Fine Frenzy: Poets Respond to Shakespeare (University of Iowa Press.) He’s been a Guest Poet at the Library of Congress, performed his writing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and served as a Fine Arts Grants Panelist with the National Endowment for the Arts. He is formerly Education Programs Coordinator and Writer-in-Residence at the Milwaukee Public Museum. He is a faculty member of AllWriters' creative writting studio. He lives in Milwaukee. More about Richard and his work may be found at richardheddermanpoetry.com