Jessica Piazza was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She is currently a PhD candidate in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Southern California. Her first collection of poems, Interrobang, is forthcoming from Red Hen Press in 2013. She is co-founder of Bat City Review, an editor of Gold Line Press, and a contributing editor of The Offending Adam. Piazza has also blogged for The Best American Poetry and Barrelhouse. (updated 8/2012)