Jan Bottiglieri is a freelance writer who lives and works in Schaumburg, Illinois; she holds an MFA in Poetry from Pacific University. Some of Jan's previous publications include poems in Court Green, Margie, Cloudbank, and Bellevue Literary Review, as well as the anthologies Brute Neighbors and Solace in So Many Words. She has led poetry workshops throughout suburban Chicago and is an associate editor with the literary annual RHINO.