Earth's Appetite: poems
Margaret Hassegrew up on the edge of Vermillion, South Dakota. She traveled west to college at Stanford University where she earned a B.A. in English, then returned to the Midwest to make her home in the Twin Cities. Her M.A. is from the University of Minnesota, also in English. Her work has appeared in many publications and some unusual places, such as imprinted on sidewalks in the city of Saint Paul. Margaret has received poetry grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, The McKnight Foundation Artist Fellowships administered by The Loft Literary Center, The Jerome Foundation, and the Minnesota State Arts Board.Earth's Appetiteis her fourth collection of poems. She lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with her husband. They are parents of two grown sons.