Alissa Bouler Elliott (MA, Vanderbilt University; MFA, Sewanee School of Letters) is an editor, poet, and translator who lives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with her husband and two daughters. Alissa has taught and tutored writing for all levels of adolescent and adult students. Her work has appeared in Pedestal Magazine, Ezra, The Shakespeare Standard, Kurdish TV network NRT, and is forthcoming in Footnote. She recently edited The Food of the Mosque Servant for KCAC.