A native of Sandusky, Ohio, U.S. Poet Terri Witek's publications include The Shipwreck Dress (Orchises Press, 2008--Florida Book Award Winner) Carnal World (Story Line Press, 2006), Fools and Crows (Orchises Press, 2003), Courting Couples (Winner of the 2000 Center for Book Arts Contest) and Robert Lowell and LIFE STUDIES: Revising the Self (University of Missouri Press, 1993). A recipient of fellowships from the Hawthorndon International Writers' Institute, the MacDowell Colony, and the state of Florida, she holds the Art and Melissa Sullivan Chair in Creative Writing at Stetson University. Her collaborations with Brazilian visual artist Cyriaco Lopes include works on paper, video and performance, and have been included in gallery shows and film festivals.