Kimberly L. Becker

Kimberly L. Becker’s first book of poetry, Words Facing East , will be published by WordTech Editions in 2011. Her poems are included in the recent anthologies I Was Indian (FootHills 2009), Letters to the World (Red Hen Press, 2008), and the Kakalak Anthology of Carolina Poets (2008). Her work has also appeared in Eclectica Magazine , Future Earth Magazine , Yellow Medicine Review , and Redheaded Stepchild . Becker is the recipient of a creative projects grant from the Montgomery County Arts and Humanities Council, and was a finalist for the DeNovo Award from C&R Press. She lives in Maryland where she works adapting Cherokee myths into plays for the Cherokee Youth in Radio Project. Photo by Mark W. Becker

Photo by Mark W. Becker