Kindra McDonald teaches poetry at The Muse Writers Center in Norfolk, Virginia, and is an adjunct writing professor and doctoral student. She received her MFA from Queens University of Charlotte. Her work has appeared in Muddy River Poetry Review, Camel Saloon and the anthologies The Nearest Poem, Twice Upon a Time and “B.” Her book Concealed Weapons was published by ELJ Publications; Elements and Briars was published by Redbird Chapbooks. She was a finalist for the Press 53 Open Awards.