Billie Chernicoff was born in Detroit, grew up in upstate New York, and was educated at Bard College. She is the author of THE RED DRESS (Dr. Cicero Books), The Pleasures (Metambesen.org), WATERS OF (Lunar Chandelier Collective) and BRONZE (Lunar Chandelier Collective). She is a co-editor of The Doris (thedoris.world), a magazine of new writing and translation. She lives in Catskill, New York.