Barbara (Bobbie) Campbell began her career in New York where she worked for Oxford University Press and The New Yorker, though she doesn't like to admit as a secretary. In 1966, she moved to Charlotte, NC with her husband, where they raised their sons and made a permanent home. A dedicated member of Charlotte's writing community, Campbell served as associate editor of the Red Clay Reader series, editions 4 through 7. She loves to read, travel, take daily walks, sing in a choir, Zoom with her remaining siblings, visit with her sons and their families, laugh with friends and watch films that are dark, dramatic and disturbing. Campbell's poetry has appeared in Rattle, Kakalak; Journey Within; Pinesong; The Southern Poetry Anthology, North Carolina; Poet Lore and others. 174 Edgewood is her first poetry collection.