Monica Wesolowska is the author of the Holding Silvan: A Brief Life with an introduction by Erica Jong (Hawthorne Books, 2013). A memoir, Holding Silvan explores the love and ethics behind choosing to forgo medical intervention for a newborn son. Her fiction has appeared in many literary journals including The Carolina Quarterly, Quarter After Eight and Literary Mama as well as in anthologies such as Best New American Voices. She has been an instructor at UC Berkeley Extension for over a decade. See www.monicawesolowska.com [2] for more.