Dawna Kemper’s stories have appeared in the Kenyon Review, ZYZZYVA, Colorado Review, the Idaho Review, Quarterly West, Santa Monica Review, Shenandoah, Hayden’s Ferry Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Los Angeles, where, in addition to teaching, she works as an editor of fiction and creative nonfiction / memoir. You can read more at: www.dawnakemper.com.