CANDICE KELSEY's work has appeared in such journals as Poet Lore, The Cortland Review, and North Dakota Quarterly -- also, several of her pieces have been incorporated into 3-D art installations. She was a finalist for Poetry Quarterly's Rebecca Lard Award and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize in nonfiction. Her first book of poetry, Still I am Pushing, will release March 3rd (Finishing Line Press). An educator of 20 years' standing with her Master's in Literature from LMU, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three children where she writes her blog “Don’t Nachus ‘Til You Try Us.”