Lucy Adkins Lucy Adkins is a writer of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Her poetry has been published in many journals and anthologies, and her latest two collections, Two-Toned Dress and A Crazy Little Thing won Nebraska Book Awards for Poetry in 2021 and 2023. In addition, she has co-authored two books of non-fiction, Writing in Community and The Fire Inside, and was named a winner of the Lincoln 2020 Mayors Arts Award for Excellence in the Literary Arts. Her undergraduate degree is from Auburn University, and her MFA in creative writing is from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Lucy has been a writing instructor and workshop leader for many years. Amy Hassinger Grace Bauer