L J SyskoL.J. Sysko is a poet and writer whose work has appeared in Best New Poets 2013, Ploughshares, Day One, Rattle, 5am, and other journals. She holds an MFA in Poetry from New England College, and she has been the recipient of both an Emerging Artist's gant and an Opportunity grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts; other honors include the Academy of American Poets' Jean Corrie Prize, Lafayette College's H. MacKnight Black Prize, and three awards from the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Foundation. Proud to have her work appear as part of Finishing Line Press' New Women's Voices Series, Sysko teaches high school English and lives with her husband and two children. For more information, visit ljsysko.com. Read More Read Less