Mia Leonin is the author of four poetry collections: Fable of the Pack-Saddle Child (BkMk Press), Braid, Unraveling the Bed, and Chance Born (Anhinga Press), and a memoir, Havana and Other Missing Fathers (University of Arizona Press). Leonin has published poetry and creative nonfiction in New Letters, Prairie Schooner, Guernica, Indiana Review, Witness, North American Review, and others. She has also written extensively about theater, dance, and culture for the Miami Herald, New Times, ArtburstMiami.com, and other publications. Leonin’s creative and pedological interests include linguistic accessibility, translation, multilingual writing, bookmaking, and gender and sexuality studies.