Denise Lichtig practices Chinese Medicine and acupuncture in Davis, Calif. She owns a small Tai Chi Chuan school and currently volunteers at REAL POETS, a non-profit organization that helps high risk youth write poetry. Denise Lichtig published previously in Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Suisun Review, The Antioch Review, and Dry Heat. Her chapbook Crystal Gods was published in 2013 having won the Quinton Duval chapbook contest.