Gina Ferrara lives and writes in New Orleans.  She has five poetry collections, including Amiss, her latest published in 2023.  Her work has appeared in numerous journals including The Southern Review, The Poetry Ireland Review and Tar River Poetry and was selected for publication in the Sixty-Four Best Poets of 2019 by Black Mountain Press.  In 2024, she was nominated for a Pushcart and Best of the Net.  Since 2007, she has curated The Poetry Buffet, a monthly reading series in New Orleans.  She teaches English and writing at Delgado Community College and is editor of the New Orleans Poetry Journal Press.