Juliet Patterson’s first book of poems, The Truant Lover, was selected by Jean Valentine as the winner of the Nightboat Books Poetry Prize. Her poems have appeared in many journals and zines, and have earned a number of awards. She teaches poetry and creative writing in Minneapolis through the College of St. Catherine, Hamline University, The Loft Literary Center and the Perpich Center for Arts Education. She has worked with children teaching at John Hopkins University with the Center for Talented Youth and as a volunteer educator with the Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, United Cambodian Association of Minnesota, the Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Less