Author of the novels 'Lily Steps Out' and 'Feminine Products', and the short story collection 'Alterations', Rita Plush is the book reviewer for Fire Island News. Her stories and essays have been published in The Alaska Quarterly Review, MacGuffin, The Iconoclast, Art Times, The Sun, The Jewish Writing Project, The Jewish Literary Journal, Kveller, Jewish Week, Down in the Dirt, Potato Soup Journal, Flash Fiction Magazine, Backchannels, LochRaven, and Chicken Soup for the Soul. She teaches memoir at the Fire Island School and Queensborough Community College.