Bertha Isabel Crombet is poet and lyric essayist living in lush and beautiful Knoxville, TN by way of Miami, FL. She was born in a tiny town on a hill about 15 miles from Santiago, Cuba, but lived in Miami for twenty-one years, where she received her MFA in Poetry from Florida International University. She has been published in Jai-Alai Magazine, Grimoire, and has forthcoming work in Black Warrior Review. She also received the Academy of American Poets Prize in 2018. Currently, she’s teaching English at Pellissippi State Community College and enjoying the cicada’s song. Check out her chapbook here!
