Joi Brozek is the author of Sleeveless (Phonylid Press), along with numerous chapbooks on independent presses. She is just about finished writing her second novel, I’ll See You Soon at Coney Island. She holds a BA from New York University and an MFA from Brooklyn College. She lived her entire life in New York City until 2 years ago. Fearing that she was too New York-centric, she decided that a change of pace was necessary and moved to Lawrence, Kansas, where she found she rather enjoyed writing to the sounds of cicadas and thunderstorms as opposed to car alarms and rats squealing in the garbage outside her window. Missing city life proved to be too much for her, so she moved into Kansas City where's there's a mix of all of the above. She splits her loyalties between KC and NYC, which have even less in common than you'd think, but somehow this works for her. Read her daily ramblings on joibrozek.blogspot.com and joi.yelp.com