Rita Brady Kiefer’s poems have appeared in two anthologies, Face to Face (2004) and Hunger Enough: Living Spiritually in a Consumer Society (2004), and in publications such as Ploughshares, The Connecticut Poetry Review, The Yalobusha Review, Kansas Quarterly, The Bloomsbury Review, Many Mountains Moving, The High Plains Literary Review, Cimarron Review, Southern Poetry Review, Southwest Review, and more. She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships and was named Distinguished Scholar (1993) for her literary achievements while a Professor of English at the University of Northern Colorado. Her books include Nesting Doll (UPC 1999), Trying on Faces (1995), and Unveiling (1993).