Michelle Pushkin Cicillini is a painter, poet and publisher. She is the author of Avian Aria (Alien Buddha Press), Amorance (Finishing Line Press), and Riverettes (Bottlecap Press) with books forthcoming from Fernwood Press and Figmentum. She is the editor of MOONLOVE, a poetry press publishing chapbooks by women. She teaches English at a Catholic High School in New York where she lives with her beloved husband and two incredible sons.