Cassie Sparkman is a graduate of the University of Washington MFA program. Her work has appeared in Clackamas LIterary Review and other journals, and was recently performed in Identity, a play produced by Northlight Theater Co. of Chicago.

About The Laurel Review:
Poets in this issue: David Adams, Jason Stumpf, Wayne Miller, Don Welch, Mary Ruefle, Mark Halliday, Rhiannon Dickerson, Amy Newman, Eric Schwerer, Christina Veladota, Cassie Sparkman, Amy McCann, Kate Wells, John Sackreiter, Doug Sanders, William Kloefkorn, Sarah Steinke, Ray Gonzalez, Richard Lehnert, Ellen Dudley, Scott Topper, Laurie Blauner, Johnny Horton, Diana Marie Delgado, Dan Kaplan