Mel Nichols is the author of Day Poems, The Beginning of Beauty (Part 1: hottest new ringtones mnichol6), Bicycle Day and the forthcoming Catalytic Exteriorization Phenomenon (National Poetry Series finalist). Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in numerous magazines, including Fascicle, New Ohio Review, Practice, Van Gough's Ear, Abraham Lincoln, and Gargoyle. She curates the Ruthless Grip Poetry Series at Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center.