Cassandra Rockwood GhanemCassandra Rockwood Ghanem is an award-winning writer and illustrator, whose poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art have been published internationally. Her work has been featured in Reed Magazine, The Normal School, New Dela Review, Rip Rap, The Lifted Brow, Beyond Words, and elsewhere. She was recently selected for fellowships and awards from the Center for Book Arts in New York City and Disquiet International Literary Program in Portugal. In 2019, Cassandra founded a reading series at the Beat Museum in San Francisco, and in 2020 she illustrated Basho's Haiku Journeys, a picture book chronicling the life of Edo Period poet Matsuo Basho. She received her BA from California Institute of Integral Studies and MFA from California College of the Arts. Read More Read Less