Danita Dodson

Danita Dodson is the author of three collections of poetry: TRAILING THE AZIMUTH (2021) and THE MEDICINE WOODS (2022) and, most recently, BETWEEN GONE AND EVERLASTING (2024). She is also the editor of the pedagogical volume TEACHERS TEACHING NONVIOLENCE (2020). Her critical articles have been published in various literary journals. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Southern Mississippi. Combining a love of scholarship and diverse experiences, she has been a Fulbright-Hays fellow in Turkey, a professor in Nicaragua, an amateur archaeologist in the Southwest, and a Spanish teacher in Appalachia. She lives in the Cumberland Gap region of East Tennessee, where she teaches English and Humanities as an adjunct professor at Walters State Community College.