Clarisse Baleja Saïdi is a writer and editor. A graduate of the Helen Zell Writers Program at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, she is the recipient of fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Hedgebrook, MacDowell, Yaddo, and more, in addition to support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and the Whiting Foundation. Baleja has taught creative writing at the University of Michigan and at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Her work has appeared in The Kenyon Review, Poetry, The Fiddlehead, Transition Magazine, and more. Visit her at www.clarissebalejasaidi.com.