Sherry Shahan lives in a laid-back beach town in California where she grows carrot tops in ice cube trays for pesto. Her novel in verse Purple Daze: A Far Out Trip, 1965 features a tumultuous year in history. Shorter work has appeared in Oxford University Press, Los Angeles Times, Exposition Review, F(r)iction, Gargoyle, Progenitor, Confrontation, Sci-Fi Lampoon, Critical Read, Mother Earth News and forthcoming from Fiddlehead. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. www.SherryShahan.com