Rochelle Jewel Shapiro has published essays in New York Times (Lives), Newsweek, and in many anthologies and magazines. Her short stories and poetry have appeared in such magazines as The Moment, MacGuffin, Entropy, Foliate Oak, Storgy, Permafrost, The Ohio Review. One of her poems was nominated by Spry Magazine for Best of the Net, 2018 and another for a Pushcart by Schuylkill Valley Review. She teaches writing at UCLA Extension. Find her at: http://rochellejshapiro.com @rjshapiro