Mary BuchingerMary Buchinger is the author of eight collections of poetry; in addition to There is only the sacred and the desecrated (Lily Poetry Review Books, 2026; Paul Nemser Book Prize, Honorable Mention), recent books include The Book of Shores (Lily Poetry eview Books, 2024; Permafrost Book Prize in Poetry finalist; Hillary Gravendyk Prize, semifinalist), Navigating the Reach (Salmon Poetry, Honors, 2024 Massachusetts Book Award), and Virology (Lily Poetry Review Books, 2022), and she is the winner of the 2024 Elyse Wolf/Slate Roof Chapbook Prize. Her poetry has appeared in many journals, including AGNI, Pedestal Magazine, Plume, Salt Hill, Salamander, Seneca Review, and is permanently installed in Cambridge, where she lives and served as Poetry Ambassador. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador and earned a doctorate in linguistics from Boston University; she teaches at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Website: www.MaryBuchinger.com Read More Read Less