Drucilla Wall

DRUCILLA WALL was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin, her M.A. from the University of Nebraska-Omaha, and her Ph.D. in English from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. She teaches poetry and essay writing, and Native American literature, at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. In addition to poetry, her essays appear in jour nals and anthologies. She has earned awards and fellowships for her work, including the Mar i Sandoz Prair ie Schooner Short Stor y Award, the Western Literature Association Willa Pilla Prize for Humor in Writing, and University of Nebraska Fling and Larson Fellowships. She lives in St. Louis, Missour i, and has spent summers with family and friends in Wexford and Galway, Ireland, since 1985.