Dora Malech is the author of Shore Ordered Ocean (Waywiser Press, 2009), Say So (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2011), and Flourish (forthcoming from Carnegie Mellon University Press). Her poems have appeared in publications that include The New Yorker, Poetry, and Best American Poetry. A recipient of Ruth Lilly, Civitella Ranieri, and Amy Clampitt Fellowships, she lives in Baltimore, where she is an assistant professor of poetry in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.