Fran Markover '71 lives in Ithaca, where she works as a family therapist and addictions counselor. "When I turned 40," she says, "I gave myself a gift -- the time to write poetry daily." Her poems have appeared in many journals including Calyx, Cider Press Review, Earth's Daughters, and Sow's Ear Poetry Review. She has received a Constance Saltonstall Foundation residency, an Anna Davidson Rosenberg Award, and a United Arts Fund grant.

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