Becky Fine-Firesheets’s work has appeared in Mutha Magazine, Lumen Magazine, Serving House Journal, The Boston Phoenix, Portal del Sol, and The Northeast Performer, among others, and her short story, The Roof, was nominated for a 2014 Best of the Net Award. She plays keyboard and sings in rock-n-roll/poetry band The Brooklyn Players Reading Society, teaches ESOL at Kingsborough Community College, and runs a menagerie out of her Brooklyn apartment featuring the toddler Lew, two awesome dogs, and one super sweet cat.  She loves the beach, books, cooking, and swimming. Originally from Kentucky, she also loves fried chicken and biscuits with gravy.