Corie Adjmi grew up in New Orleans and is the award-winning author of Life and Other Shortcomings. Her writing has been published in HuffPost, Indiana Review, North American Review, South Dakota Review, Evansville Review, Licking River Review, Motherwell, Kveller, Man Repeller, and others.

Anna Katsavos, Ph.D., is a professor emerita from SUNY. She retired in 2009, after a rewarding career teaching English literature and women’s studies. She has received numerous awards for her teaching excellence, and her scholarship has been published in a variety of literary journals. Since her retirement, she has been facilitating writing workshops and book discussion groups.