PAMELA HUGHES’ poetry has appeared in: Canary; The Brooklyn Review; The Paterson Literary Review; Literary Mama; The Minnesota Review; [PANK]; Thema; Ellipsis; Isotope: A Journal of Literary Nature and Science Writing, and other literary magazines. She graduated from Brooklyn College with an MFA in Creative Writing and is also the editor of Narrative Northeast, a literary and arts magazine which supports diverse voices and visions and the environment. Visit her at www.narrativenortheast.com.