Ranney Campbell is a former journalist and freelance writer and author and artist of the poetry chapbooks, "Pimp," and "Charcoal and Ink," and author of the poetry chapbooks, “Caddish,” (Arroyo Seco Press) and "the desert so,” (Bottlecap Press). Both her undergraduate degree - - concentrated in psychology, American politics, and public affairs journalism - - and MFA in creative writing are from the University of Missouri at St. Louis.

PHOTO: On the back porch of Brown's in the Hyde Park Neighborhood of St. Louis, where Campbell's father fought Golden Gloves and, on the night in 1985 this picture was taken, her brother played lead guitar in the death metal band, Karcass.