Joliet Girl

Francine Marie Tolf's essays have appeared in Mary Magazine, Under the Sun, Green Hills Literary Lantern, andApple Valley Review, among others. She has received grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Barbara Deming Foundation, the Loft Literary Center and the Elizabeth George Foundation. Tolf is the author of three poetry chapbooks (two from Pudding House Press, one from Plan B) as well as a full-length collection of poems, Rain, Lilies, Luck (North Star Press of St. Cloud). She lives in Minneapolis.