Anne Yale is the author of Liturgy of Small Feathers. Her poetry has appeared in Chaparral, Zócalo Public Square, California Quarterly, Lengua Larga, Boca Abierta, Mothers Always Write and Whale Road Review. She is founder and editor-in-chief at Yak Press, and originator of the Native Blossoms Chapbook Series. A resident of the Mojave Desert, she claims she’s “just passing through.”