An Edelstein-Keller Fellow and graduate of the Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing at the University of Minnesota, Julie A. Cox has published poems in Hanging Loose, American Literary Review, Water~Stone, and elsewhere. She was awarded an arts retreat through the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center in 2005 and was named an alternate or finalist for several other awards, including the 2006 Writers @ Work Competition. Her poem “Held Up” was featured in the Minnesota State Arts Board 2012 Art of Recovery, a collection of art and writing by people victimized by crime.