Denise Tolan’s work has been included in places such asThe Penn Review, Atlas and Alice, Hobart, Lunch Ticket, and The Best Small Fictions 2018. Denise was a finalist for Best of the Net 2022 and both the 2019 and 2018 International Literary Awards: Penelope Niven Prize in Nonfiction. Denise lives and writes in San Antonio, Texas. Her memoir, Italian Blood, released with CavanKerry Press in 2023. You can find out about her obsession with survivors and Moby-Dick at www.denisetolan.com.