About the Author:

Stacey Balkun received her MFA from Fresno State and her work has appeared or will appear in Gargoyle, Muzzle, THRUSH, Bodega, and others. She is a contributing writer for The California Journal of Women Writers at www.tcjww.org. A 2015 Hambidge Fellow and a 2013 Artist-in-Residence at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Stacey now works at Delgado Community College in New Orleans, LA. Her chapbook, Lost City Museum, is forthcoming from ELJ Publications.

Photo Credit: Karl Ault / Kault Photography