D. Dina Friedman has published in many literary journals including Salamander, Rattle, The Sun, Mass Poetry, Chautauqua Journal, Cider Press Review, Cold Mountain Review, Lilith, Negative Capability, and Rhino and received six Pushcart Prize and two Best-of-the Net nominations. She is the author of two previous poetry chapbooks, Wolf in the Suitcase (Finishing Line Press) and Here in Sanctuary, Whirling (Querencia Press).  Dina’s fiction includes the short-story collection Immigrants (Creators Press) and two YA novels, Escaping Into the Night (Simon and Schuster) and Playing Dad’s Song (Farrar Straus Giroux).  To learn more about Dina, visit her website at www.ddinafriedman.com. and subscribe to her blog on living a creative life in a creatively challenged universe at ddinafriedman.substack.com.