Chila Woychik is originally from the beautiful land of Bavaria but has lived in the American Midwest most of her life. She is widely published, and has an essay collection, Singing the Land: A Rural Chronology (Shanti Arts, 2020). Her impressive barn is currently home to an old cat named Sweet Pea and four young strays, Shadow, Skitter, Suzy, and Scamp. Chila is the founding editor at Eastern Iowa Review, and also reads for Birdcoat Quarterly and The Upper New Review. www.chilawoychik.com