Anne Higgins teaches at Mount Saint Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Nine books of her poetry have been published: At the Year's Elbow, Scattered Showers in a Clear Sky, Pick It Up and Read, How the Hand Behaves, Digging for God, Vexed Questions, Reconnaissance, Life List, and now Not Only/But Also. More than 100 of her poems have appeared in journals and magazines, and they have been featured frequently on The Writer's Almanac. She has given readings at the Joaquin Miller Cabin and at Café Muse in Washington DC., and other venues on the East Coast.