Barbara CrookerBarbara Crooker is a poetry editor for Italian-Americana, and the author of seven previous full-length books and twelve chapbooks of poetry. Her work has appeared in many anthologies, including The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Imago Dei: Poemsfrom Christianity and Literature, and Looking for God in All the Right Places. She has received a number of awards, including the Thomas Merton Poetry of the Sacred Award and three Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Creative Writing Fellowships. Read More Read Less