BRYANNA LICCIARDI resists the question, "Where are you from?" She has lived all over the country-California, Texas, Michigan, Massachusetts, Louisiana-and currently resides in a small town near Nashville, Tennessee. She is a degree collector of sorts, with a BA from Austin Peay State University, an MFA from Emerson College, and a doctorate from Middle Tennessee State University. She works as an English lecturer and professional development coordinator, also at MTSU. Her spare time is spent taking care of four cats and one husband. Licciardi's first book, SKIN SPLITTING, is a poetry chapbook from Finishing Line Press (2017). Her literary works have also appeared in such publications as BlazeVox, Cleaver Magazine, Poetry Quarterly, Red Flag Poetry, and The Adirondack Review. For more about her work, go to bryannalicciardi.com.