TARA BETTS is the author of Break the Habit (Trio House Press) and Arc & Hue (Aquarius Press/Willow Books) as well as the chapbooks 7 x 7: kwansabas (Backbone Press) and THE GREATEST!: An Homage to Muhammad Ali (Winged City Chapbook Press). She is also part of the MFA faculty at Stonecoast-University of Southern Maine. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies.