Caroline Giles Banks, born in Boston, Massachusetts, is a cultural anthropologist by training and profession. Dr. Banks was on the faculties of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and Luther college in Decorah, Iowa. Her poetry, written in several genres, is often informed by her anthropological training and research. She is the author of "Warm Under the Cat"; "The Clock Chimes"; "The Clay Jar"; and "Tigers, Temples and Marigolds," collections of haiku, senryu and haibun poems. "The Weight of Whiteness: A Memoir in Poetry" was published in 2012. Her award-winning poetry has been published