Seema RezaSeema Reza wrote When the World Breaks Open, a memoir of essays and poetry (Red Hen Press) and A Constellation of Half-Lives (poetry, Write Bloody Publishing). Based outside of Washington, DC, she coordinates and facilitates a unique multi-hospital ats program that encourages the arts as a tool for narration, self-care, and socialization among a population struggling with emotional and physical injuries. Her writing has appeared in print and online in Entropy, The Feminist Wire, Bellevue Literary Review, The Offing, Full Grown, People, and The Nervous Breakdown. She is the Chair of Community Building Art Works. Reza's work with veterans is featured in the 2018 HBO documentary We Are Not Done Yet. The USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore awarded her the Col John Gioia Patriot Award for her work with veterans. Read More Read Less