Protected: A Dream of Learning to Speak

Geraldine Connolly has published five poetry collections including The Red Room (Heatherstone), Food for  the Winter (Purdue University Press), Province of Fire (Iris Press) and Aileron (Terrapin Books). She has taught at the Writers Center in Bethesda, Maryland, The Chautauqua Institution, and the University of Arizona Poetry Center. She has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Maryland Arts Council, and Breadloaf Writers Conference. Her work has appeared in Poetry, The Gettysburg Review, The Georgia Review, and Poetry Ireland Review. Her work  has been anthologized in Poetry 180: A Poem A Day for High School Students, A Constellation of Kisses, and The Sonoran Desert: A Field Guide. Her website is  www.geraldineconnolly.com