Valerie Wallace

A short-haired woman with looped earrings smiling
Photo courtesy of the poet.

Valerie Wallace is the author of House of McQueen (Four Way Books, 2018), which was selected by Vievee Francis for the 2016 Intro Prize, and the chapbook The Dictators' Guide to Good Housekeeping (Dancing Girl Press, 2011). She served as an associate editor and the webmaster for RHINO Poetry from 2009 to 2016, and as an advisory board member of the Afghan Women's Writing Program. She won the 2012 San Miguel Writers' Conference Poetry Prize, and her work was chosen by Margaret Atwood for the 2012 Atty Award.