Chera Hammons
is a graduate of Goddard College. Her work has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, Rattle, THRUSH, Tupelo Quarterly, Valparaiso Poetry Review, and elsewhere. Books include Recycled Explosions (Ink Brush Press, 2016) and The Traveler’s Guide to Bomb City (Purple Flag Press, 2017). Her chapbook Amaranthine Hour received the 2012 Jacar Press Chapbook Award. She lives in Amarillo, TX.