Ana Božičević grew up in Zadar, Croatia before coming to Brooklyn, New York. Ana is a poet, translator, teacher, and occasional singer. She is the author of Povratak lišća / Return of the Leaves, Selected Poems in Croatian (Hrvatsko Društvo Pisaca/Croatian Writers Society, 2020); JOY OF MISSING OUT (Birds, LLC, 2017); the Lambda Award-winning RISE IN THE FALL (Birds, LLC, 2013), and STARS OF THE NIGHT COMMUTE (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2009).