Cynthia Gallaher

Cynthia Gallaher, a Chicago USA-based poet, is author of four poetry collections, including Epicurean Ecstasy: More Poems About Food, Drink, Herbs and Spices, and three chapbooks, including Drenched. Her award-winning nonfiction / memoir / creativity guide is Frugal Poets’ Guide to Life: How to Live a Poetic Life, Even If You Aren’t a Poet. One of her poems will be sent on NASA's manned flight to the south pole of the moon later this decade. Her poem in this issue, ‘Torturous Shoes’, is part of a poetry chapbook manuscript-in-progress about fashion and fragrance with the