Edith Friedman is a poet, parent, and sometime project manager who lives in Northern California. She admires the ways of people and plants, and tries not to second guess. Her collection Reconstruction was selected by Lee Ann Roripaugh for the 2024 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award. Recent writing appears in Poets Reading the News, Rogue Agent, Five Minutes, Aôthen, and Nifty Lit. She has an MFA from Saint Mary’s College of California.