[2] Anderson took a classes at California State University, Sacramento, receiving a BA in English.
[3] As an undergrad Anderson worked with the poet Dennis Schmitz who encouraged her to go to graduate school.
[1] She received an MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College.
[4] Anderson was living in Ocean Springs, Mississippi when Hurricane Katrina hit.
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