Lucy Wilson, Professor Emeritus of English at Loyola Marymount University, until recently taught modern British and Caribbean literatures and a sophomore poetry class. She is the author of a critical book--In Due Season: Essays on Coming-of-Age Novels by Caribbean Women Writers--and two books of poetry: Wind on Water and Poems from the Left Coast. Many of her poems record her 17 year spiritual journey (e.g.,yoga, readings in Zen and Taoism)as she learned to live with early onset Parkinson's disease. She lives in the desert with her husband and three cats.