Karol Nielsen has contributed to Smith Magazine¿s The Moment anthology and other publications, including the New York Times, New York Newsday, Jane¿s Intelligence Review, Guernica, Lumina, and Epiphany¿before she became nonfiction editor of the magazine. Excerpts from this memoir were selected as Notable Essays in The Best American Essays. Her poetry collection was a finalist for the Colorado Prize for Poetry. She teaches memoir writing at New York University.