Lisa Simmons is the author of the novella, Sugar Weather, and has published poetry in Local Express (AALR), Rattapallax, Minetta Review, and other publications. She has read her work at the New School, Bard College, Barnard College, CUNY Graduate Center, and the Nuyorican Poets Café, and has read her poetry at the KGB Bar. She is the former co-publisher of Cypher Books.