A grant writer from northern California, Tempra Board received her BA in English from Humboldt State University and her MA in English from Colorado State University. Her poetry, essays, and articles have appeared in Sun Magazine, Flumes, The Haberdasher, and The Sea Ranch Soundings. She has written an educational book in the series Politics Today, published this year by Cavendish Square, and she co-led a workshop at Butte College’s 2016 WordSpring Writers’ Conference. In her spare time, Tempra attempts to grow vegetables and flowers in a seaside garden surrounded by hungry gophers.

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