Allie Marini Batts is an MFA candidate at Antioch University of Los Angeles, meaning she can explain deconstructionism, but cannot perform simple math. Her work has been nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. She contributes to the publication of AULA's Lunch Ticket literary magazine, Spry Literary Journal, The Weekenders Magazine, and The Bookshelf Bombshells. Her first chapbook, "You Might Curse Before You Bless" was published in 2013 by ELJ Publications, and her second chapbook, "Unmade & Other Poems," is forthcoming from Beautysleep Press. Find her on the web: https://www.facebook.com/AllieMariniBatts