Shira DentzShira Dentz is the author of THE SUN A BLAZING ZERO (Lavender Ink), BLACK SEEDS ON A WHITE DISH (Shearsman), door of thin skins (CavanKerry), how do I net thee (Salmon Poetry), and Sisyphusina (PANK), and two chapbooks, Leaf Weather (Shearsman) and FLOUNDERS (Essay Press). Her writing appears widely in venues including Poetry, American Poetry Review, The Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day series, and NPR. She is the recipient of an Academy of American Poets' Prize, the Poetry Society of America's Lyric Poem and Cecil Hemley Memorial Awards, Electronic Poetry Review's Discovery Award, and Painted Bride Quarterly's Poetry Prize. Before pursuing graduate studies, she worked as a graphic artist in the music industry. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she holds a PhD in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Utah, and is currently Special Features Editor at Tarpaulin Sky and teaches creative writing at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Read More Read Less