Cameron McGill is a poet and songwriter from Champaign, Illinois and the author of the chapbook Meridians (Willow Springs Books). His poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Grist, Raleigh Review, RHINO, and Western Humanities Review. He has released seven albums, most recently The Widow Cameron. He teaches at Washington State University, where he serves as co-director of the Visiting Writers Series. He lives in Moscow, Idaho.