Marcia Aldrich:

Marcia Aldrich teaches creative writing at Michigan State University. She is the author of Girl Rearing, a collection of linked essays, published by W.W. Norton. She has had essays appear in The Best American Essays and has been nominated for 2 Pushcart Prizes. Her work has appeared in a wide range of literary magazines from The Seneca Review to Nerve. She has just completed a second collection of essays titled Impromptu Mourner.