Carol Ellis was born in Detroit, Michigan, and currently lives in Portland, Oregon. She’s been around the academic block with her Ph.D. in English from the University of Iowa. Her poems and essays are published in anthologies and journals including ZYZZYVA, Comstock Review, Solstice Literary Magazine, Alehouse Review, White Pelican Review, Coe Review (Special Poetry Issue), California Quarterly, The Whirlwind Review, The Coachella Review, Chest Journal, VoiceCatcher, San Pedro River Review, and in the anthology Just Now: 20 New Portland Poets. Her poetry chapbook, “I Want A Job,” has been published by Finishing Line Press.