Mary Buchinger is the author of /klaudz /(Lily Poetry Review Books, 2021), e i n f ü h l u n g/in feeling (Main Street Rag, 2018), Aerialist (Gold Wake, 2015, finalist for the May Swenson Poetry Award, semifinalist for The Journal /Wheeler and Perugia Press Prizes), and Navigating the Reach (forthcoming, Salmon Poetry). She grew up in rural Michigan, volunteered in Ecuador for the Peace Corps, holds a doctorate in linguistics from Boston University. Mary serves on the board of the New England Poetry Club and teaches at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. She lives in Cambridge with her husband, dog, and cats.