MICHAEL H. LEVIN is a lawyer, solar energy developer and writer based in Washington DC. His work has appeared on stage, in three previous chapbooks, and in numerous anthologies and periodicals, and has received poetry and feature journalism awards. He is co-author (with his life partner Nora Jean Levin) of the concert documentary Two Pianos: Playing for Life (2018-) and the full-length nonfiction volumes A Border Town in Poland: A 20th Century Memoir (2021) and Firebird: The Musical Life and Times of Rebecca Burstein-Arber (2023).