Cheryl Caesar is an ex-expatriate, having returned from Europe to her native Michigan after 25 years. She's a poet and artist who teaches writing at Michigan State University, using a multimodal approach. Her artwork has appeared in local exhibitions and numerous literary magazines, including on the covers of Recollections of Our Common Places (National Council of Teachers of English), The Spotlong Review and Words across the Water, vols. 1 and 2, She is currently working on a double-voiced collage memoir, Snakes and Stones.