Lisa Zerkle’s work was featured in the Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry and in Press 53’s Spotlight anthology. Her work has appeared in Bay Leaves, poemmemoirstory, Crucible, Pinesong, moonShine review, Main Street Rag and Literary Mama. She has served as President of the North Carolina Poetry Society, community columnist for The Charlotte Observer, and co-editor of Kakalak: Anthology of Carolina Poets. Zerkle currently lives in Charlotte, NC with her family. Heart of the Light, her first chapbook, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press.