Wendy DeGroat is a poet, librarian, and teacher who curates poetryriver.org, a resource site for documentary poetry and diverse voices in contemporary American poetry. She teaches creative writing workshops and writes articles that encourage inclusion of contemporary poetry in classrooms and libraries. Her poems have appeared in Sprout, About Place, Trivia: Voices of Feminism, Mslexia, and Raleigh Review. She lives in Richmond, VA.