Lana Hechtman Ayers has shepherded over 150 poetry collections into print in her role as managing editor for three small presses. The Autobiography of Rain (Fernwood Press, 2024) is her most recent collection and she has poems appearing in numerous journals, such as The London Reader, Peregrine, and Comstock Review. She lives in Oregon with her beloved husband and fur babies on the unceded lands of the Yaqo'n people. On clear, quiet nights she can hear the Pacific ocean whispering to the moon.