by Margaret DeRitter
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Margaret DeRitter is the author of the poetry collection Singing Back to the Sirens (Unsolicited Press, 2020), which has been described by Pulitzer-winning poet Diane Seuss as a collection of "achingly beautiful and gutsy poems" that "represent an autobiography of love." DeRitter also co-won the 2018 Celery City Chapbook Contest) for Fly Me to Heaven by Way of New Jersey. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies and has received a Pushcart Prize nomination. She lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and serves as copy editor and poetry editor of Encore magazine.