Nicole A. Zdeb’s poems and reviews have appeared in VOLT, Gulf Coast, Word for/Word, Parcel, Wicked Alice, Foursquare, Humble Humdrum Frock, fourW, and Past Simple. She was awarded the Booranga Prize for Poetry in 2009 and edited Saqqara. Her chapbook, The Friction of Distance, was published by Bedouin Press. Her website is here.