Linda Hasselstrom grew up on her family's ranch in South Dakota. After receiving her M.A. in American Literature, she earned her living by ranch work, freelance writing, and teaching workshops in writing and publishing. In 1984 she received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in poetry. She is the author of many books of poetry and nonfiction; her latest publication is an anthology she edited with Nancy Curtis and Gaydell Collier, Leaning into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the West.

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