Chera Hammons received her MFA from Goddard College. Her work has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, Rattle, THRUSH, Valparaiso Poetry Review, and elsewhere. Books include The Traveler’s Guide to Bomb City (2017), Recycled Explosions (2016), and Amaranthine Hour (2012, winner: Jacar Press Chapbook Award). She lives in Amarillo, TX.