Edvige Giunta (Wanna Dance?) was born in Sicily and lives in the United States. She is the author of Writing with an Accent: Contemporary Italian American Women Authors and co-editor of six anthologies, including The Milk of Almonds: Italian American Women Writers on Food and Culture, and Talking to the Girls: Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Her most recent writing appears in December Magazine, Pithead Chapel, Paris Lit Up, Ocean State Review and Memoir Magazine, among others. She is Professor of English at New Jersey City University. www.edvigegiunta.com.

Edvige's work appears in Issue 12 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.