Lisa Pasold is originally from Tiohtià:ke/Montréal and has published 6 books. Her 2012 book, Any Bright Horse, was nominated for Canada’s Governor General’s Award for Poetry. She has been writing daily poems for two decades; the resulting work has appeared in magazines such as Fence, Room, and New American Writing. Lisa has taught Creative Writing at the American University in Paris and has worked as a journalist for publications such as The Chicago Tribune and Billboard Magazine; her favorite cocktail is the French75. www.lisapasold.com