Gabrielle Barnett has been a frequent contributor to Cirque Journal. She has also placed poetry and nonfiction with Alaska Women Speak, Wild Voices, POL, and Contact Quarterly; her poetry was recognized in F Magazine’s 2014 statewide writing contest, and her nonfiction won a 1993 Alaska Press Club award. With a PhD in Performance Studies from NYU, she taught as contingent faculty at UAA from 1993 to 2013. She calls the coastal forest and mountains of Turnagain Arm home, seeking balance between the pulls of modern city life and the wish for a quiet backwoods retreat.