Joan Leotta plays with words on page and stage. She's been published as essayist, poet, short story writer, novelist, and a two-time nominee for Pushcart and Best of the Net. Her poetry and stories have appeared in Spillwords, One Art, The Ekphrastic Review, The Lake, and many others. She performs folktale programs on many topics and has just debuted a one-woman show, "Meet Louisa May Alcott, Nurse and a force in Healing America post Civil War."