Rosina Talamantes has poems forthcoming in Tiferet and her poems have appeared in 5AM, Picture Postcard Press, Ruah, The South Dakota Review, Exploded Views: A San Diego Spoken Word Compilation. She received a her MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars and is thankful for the generosity of the Vermont Studio Center. She is working on her first book of poems, Mexican in Vermont. She lives with her husband and two Chihuahuas. Portrait by Norman Long: http://www.normanlongartist.com