Author Biography

Rosemarie Dombrowski (RD) is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Phoenix, AZ, the founding editor of rinky dink press, and the Director of Revisionary Arts, a nonprofit that facilitates self-care and healing through poetry. She’s a Teaching Professor at Arizona State University where she also serves as editor of ISSUED, a journal for and about veterans. She’s also the faculty editor of Grey Matter, the medical poetry journal of the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. RD is the daughter and half-sister of veterans of the U.S. Marine Corps, and her partner is a veteran of the U.S. Navy.