Tara Baldridge is a co-founder of Varia, a literary services company devoted to amplifying minority voices in literature. Her scope of work includes editing, book development, and ghostwriting, along with traditional retail sales. A graduate of the MFA program at Roosevelt University, Tara’s work has been presented at the Humanities: Power and the Public Conference and published in Sugar Mule Literary Magazine, Midnight & Indigo, and The Heartland Review. She is also a Kimbilio Fellow. Tara lives and writes in Chicago, but her southern roots are easily identifiable
POETRY: Issue 35