Dina Elen­bo­gen is author of the mem­oir Drawn from Water: An Amer­i­can Poet, an Ethiopi­an Fam­i­ly, an Israeli Sto­ry, a poet­ry col­lec­tion Apples of the Earth, and is a recip­i­ent of two fel­low­ships and an award from the Illi­nois Arts Coun­cil. Her work has been pub­lished in numer­ous mag­a­zines includ­ing Prairie Schooner, Poet Lore, Tikkun, Belle­vue Lit­er­ary Review, Pater­son Lit­er­ary Review, and numer­ous antholo­gies. She holds an MFA in Poet­ry from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa and teach­es cre­ative writ­ing at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Chicago’s Gra­ham School. She lives in Evanston, IL with her hus­band and two children.