Michele Leavitt, a high school dropout, hepatitis C survivor, and former trial attorney, writes essays and poems. Her memoir excerpt, “No Trespassing,” won the William Allen Award from Ohio State and received a “Notable” listing in Best American Essays 2011. Back East, her full-length poetry collection, won the 2013 Michael Macklin Award and is available from Moon Pie Press. Other work appears recently or is forthcoming in The North American Review, Medium, Mezzo Cammin, and Gravel.