Lavonne J. Adams is the author of Through the Glorieta Pass (Pearl Editions, 2009), and two poetry chapbooks, Everyday Still Life and In the Shadow of the Mountain. Recent journal publications include work in Prairie Schooner, Cincinnati Review, Crab Orchard Review, and Tampa Review. She has completed residencies at the Harwood Museum of Art (University of New Mexico-Taos), The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, and the Vermont Studio Center. She teaches at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.