Alison Meyers is a poet, fiction writer, and essayist, twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her creative work can be found in print and online journals and in the anthology Gathered Light: The Poetry of Joni Mitchell’s Songs. She served as Executive Director of Writers & Books (Rochester, NY), 2019 – 2025, and of Cave Canem Foundation (New York City), 2006-2016. Previously, she was Poetry Director and Director of Marketing & Communications at Hill-Stead Museum (CT) and General Manager of the Oberlin Cooperative Bookstore (OH). For many years, she owned and managed a Connecticut-based indie bookshop. Currently, she consults for literary arts organizations and is treasurer of the board of Kweli Journal.