Alina Stefanescu was born in Romania and lives in Birmingham, Alabama with her partner and several intense mammals. Her writing can be found in Prairie Schooner, North American Review, FLOCK, Southern Humanities Review, Crab Creek Review, and others. She serves as Poetry Editor for Pidgeonholes and Random Sample Review. Her microchapbook, Ribald, is out now from Bull City Press. More at www.alinastefanescuwriter.com.