Ivy graduated from Plymouth State University with a BA in English and minor in Medieval Studies, and went on to complete her MFA in Creative Writing at New England College. She teaches at a number of colleges throughout New Hampshire. She is the editor and founder of Organs of Vision and Speech Magazine. Ivy runs two open mics for poets in New Hampshire because she believes that poetry needs to be heard! Her work has appeared in journals and anthologies nationally, her first book Any Other Branch, will be available through Salmon Poetry of Ireland in March 2012. Her second book, Elemental, will be out with Salmon Poetry in 2014. Find out more about Ivy at: www.poeticentanglement.com