Anney Bolgiano lives in Washington, DC, where she teaches first year writing at Howard University. She received her MFA from George Mason University, and her BA from Guilford College. Her poems, essays, and short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Whiskey Island, Francis House, The Figure One, Door is a Jar, Bending Genres, Funny Looking Dog Quarterly, A Velvet Giant, District Lines Anthology, and elsewhere. She is a Pushcart Prize Nominee, and a past resident of Art Farm Nebraska.