She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Chatham University, where she earned the Best Thesis in Poetry award. Her chapbook, The Buried Return, was released by Finishing Line Press in March of 2014, and her second chapbook, Sister Suite, will be released from Disorder Press in late 2017. Stroud’s poems have appeared in Ninth Letter’s first web edition, The Paterson Literary Review, Cimarron Review, The Laurel Review, and many others. https://christinestroud.com/