Lois Baer BarrLois Baer Barr was a volunteer for Open Books Chicago as a Reading Buddy at a school in Old Town when most of these poems were written. Author of a chapbook of fiction, Lope de Vega's Daughter, and of poetry, Biopoesis, Barr is a three-time Pushcart rize nominee and was a finalist for the Rita Dove Poetry Award. An emerita professor of Spanish at Lake Forest College, she has published critical essays, translations, poetry, and fiction in English and Spanish in journals and anthologies here and abroad. She lives in Riverwoods with her husband Lew. They like to hike and bike. Read More Read Less