Therese Gleason’s poetry and prose have appeared/are forthcoming in 32 Poems, Rattle, Indiana Review, America, New Ohio Review, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, The Worcester Review, San Pedro River Review, Literary Mama, Psaltery & Lyre, Halfway Down the Stairs, SWWIM Every Day, Plainsongs, The Windhover, Limestone, Off the Margins, and Mass Poetry’s Hard Work of Hope series. Therese has published two chapbooks: Libation (co-winner, South Carolina Poetry Initiative competition, 2006, judged by Kwame Dawes) and Matrilineal (Finishing Line, 2021). A Pushcart and Best-of-the-Net nominee, she was a finalist in the Wolfson Press chapbook contest, and received an Honorable Mention for the Frank O’Hara Prize (The Worcester Review). Therese has a BA in Spanish and an MA in English from the University of Kentucky, and an MFA in Poetry from Pacific University.