Tina Barry is a poet and short story writer. She's written humor pieces for the NY Daily News, Brooklyn Paper, the Forward and the Sun. She is the author of the poetry collections Beautiful Raft and Mall Flower. Tina's writing has appeared in Rattle, Verse Daily, The Best Small Fictions (spotlighted story) 2020 and 2016, and elsewhere. She teaches at the Poetry Barn and Writers.com.