Elise Houcek is the author of a few books, including From the Pocket of Agent Dickinson (with Zack Darsee), TRACTATUS, So Neon Was the Rope, and The Leafs. Her writing has recently appeared or is forthcoming in FENCE, Diva Corp, R&R, Vestiges, Cleveland Review of Books and new_sinews. She teaches writing to kids and occasionally codirects and stars as a hand actor in the short films of Flanagan's Feast, some of which have been screened at places such as Art Farm, Nebraska and Weatherproof, Chicago.