BETHANY BREITLAND was born in northern Indiana. Her people are cult members, truckers, doctors, child-mothers, and business tycoons. She has lived, studied, and taught on the West Coast and in the South and New England. She earned her undergrad degree from Pepperdine University and her MFA from Vermont College. As an educator and activist, she has worked for more than 20 years in support of women’s rights and the LGBTQ+ community. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize and recipient of various poetry prizes, Fire Index: Poems (Green Writers Press) is her first full length book of poems. She lives with her children and her partner in Vermont.