Jackie McManus is the author of the 2018 poetry book, The Earthmover's Daughter. She has been published in Sky Island Journal, Cathexis Northwest, Front Porch Review, Thimble Literary Journal, among many others. She holds an M.A. in English and in Teaching. Whether it's the Kuskokwim, the Gallatin, the Yellow or the Columbia, she always writes near a river, usually with mountains in sight.