Anne Marie Macari is the author of five books of poetry including Heaven Beneath (Persea, 2020) and Red Deer (Persea, 2015). Macari’s first book, Ivory Cradle, was chosen by Robert Creeley for the the APR/Honickman First Book Prize in 2000. Her poetry and essays have been widely published in magazines such as The Iowa Review, Field, and The American Poetry Review.