Joan Annsfire

In the years since her wayward adolescence, Joan Annsfire has managed to remain on the right side of the law. She lives in Berkeley, California, and supports her writing habit by working as a librarian. Her work includes poetry, fiction, and memoir and has appeared in the following journals: The Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly, Sinister Wisdom, SoMa Literary Review, 13th Moon, Bridges, Evergreen Chronicles, and Mediphors, as well as two anthologies: The Other Side of the Postcard, edited by devorah major and The Cancer Poetry Project, edited by Karin Miller.

Read an excerpt from "A Promise of Redemption"

Read this interview with co-editor Jim Van Buskirk and contributor Joan Annsfire in J: The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California.