Ish Klein is the author of UNION!, MOVING DAY, and CONSOLATION AND MIRTH, all published by Canarium Books. She grew up in Long Island, and was educated at Columbia University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. A filmmaker as well as a poet, she's received a Digital Filmmaker Residency from the National Endowment for the Arts, and her films have been screened at the Stuttgart Film Winter festival, Arlene's Picture Show, and the Philadelphia Film Festival.