Wendy Vardaman (wendyvardaman.com), PhD, works as a web and digital media specialist. Her creative practice includes editing, prose writing, printing, book arts, and staring out windows. She served as Madison, Wisconsin, poet laureate from 2012 to 2015 and volunteers as a graphic designer for poetry-related causes. After a long detour through art and design, she came out of the maze with the bits and pieces assembled in two new chapbooks, thread me an exit (Brain Mill Press 2025) and the other end of the line (dancing girl press 2026).