Anesa Miller. A native of Wichita, Kansas, Anesa Miller holds a Ph.D. in Russian language and literature from the University of Kansas-Lawrence. After teaching in that field for a dozen years, she is now enrolled in the M.F.A. program at the University of Idaho. Her essays have appeared in South Carolina Review, the Cream City Review, Under the Sun, RiverSedge and elsewhere. As a hobby, she assumes the identity of an international postal artist, Ezmerelda.