ALISON KOLODINSKY is a poet and translator, and the recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Florida Arts Council. Her poems have appeared in many anthologies, magazines and reviews including Poetry, Alaska Quarterly Review, and Cream City Review. Her first collection of poetry is forthcoming in the fall of 2010 from MotesBooks and is entitled Since the End. Kolodinsky also has a Master of Science Degree in Community/Clinical Psychology. She divides her time between New Smyrna Beach, Florida and Bowen Island, British Columbia.