Marzanna B. KIELAR holds a PhD from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun. She is an adjunct professor at the Special Education Academy in Warsaw. Ms. Kielar’s poetry has appeared in many journals in Poland, Germany, and the U.S. In Den Rillen Eisiger Shunden (2000) won Germany’s Herman Lenz Preis. She is participating courtesy of the U.S. Department of State.