Carol Harvey Steski grew up under the wide Winnipeg sky. Her poems have been published in the poetry anthology Another Dysfunctional Cancer Poem Anthology, and literary magazines including Room, Prairie Fire, Freefall, untethered and Contemporary Verse 2. Her work was featured in Winnipeg Transit's "Poetry in Motion" program and tootled around town on buses. Twice she was a finalist in Freefall's annual poetry contest. As a young-adult survivor of melanoma she has been a guest on CBC Radio-Manitoba speaking about the therapeutic benefits of writing through disease. She lives in Toronto with her husband and daughter, working in corporate communications. rump + flank is her debut poetry collection and is a part of the Crow Said Poetry series. Connect with her on Twitter: @charveysteski and Instagram: @carolharveysteski.