Deseree Probasco holds a B.A. in English from Princeton University and has recently completed her M.A. in English at Sam Houston State University. She resides in Montgomery, Texas with her husband and two daughters, and works as an institutional researcher for Lone Star College. Deseree is a book enthusiast and has worked on handmade limited editions at Granary Books in NYC, including a reproduction of Jack Smith's The Beautiful Book. Currently, she is restoring a letterpress. Her poems have appeared in Borderlands, The Texas Review, Southwestern American Literature, Swirl, TimeSlice, and The Weight of Addition.