Lindsey Martin-Bowen's "Bonsai Tree Gone Awry" (Chatter House Press 2013) was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Woodley Press released her first full-length collection, STANDING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, which McClatchy newspapers named one of the Top Ten Poetry Books of 2008. Paladin Contemporaries released her novels HAMBURGER HAVEN (2009) and CICADA GROVE (1992). Her work has appeared in NEW LETTERS, I-70 REVIEW, THORNY LOCUST, BARE ROOT REVIEW, ROCKHURST REVIEW, COAL CITY REVIEW, FLINT HILLS REVIEW, seven anthologies and other publications. She teaches writing at MCC-Longview and taught at t...