has contributed to Literary Mama, Southern Women's Review, The Pedestal, San Pedro River Review, Connecticut River Review, and other journals. Her chapbook, I Know When to Keep Quiet, was published by Finishing Line Press and is available in print and Kindle versions. Her full-length collection, Take Something When You Go, will be released by Winter Goose Publishing in 2016. Currently, she is the assistant to the president of Wilkes University and a contributing editor at TheThePoetry.com and Poets' Quarterly. Her website is DawnLeas.com.