Daniela Olszewska is the author of four collections of poetry: CLOUDFANG:: CAKEDIRT (Horse Less Press, 2012), True Confessions of an Escapee From The Capra Facility for Wayward Girls (Spittoon Press, 2013), Citizen J (Artifice Books, forthcoming Fall 2013), and How To Feel Confident With Your Special Talents (co-written with Carol Guess) (Black Lawrence Press, forthcoming in 2014). She was born in Wroclaw, Poland and received her MFA from the University of Alabama, but she self-identifies as a Chicagoan.