Elaina received her MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University in June 2011 and her first book, “Write About an Empty Birdcage,” was published by Write Bloody Press. In January 2010, she quit her day job. Elaina writes to worship, to recover, to seduce, to fight back, to play, to confess and to make messes. Through workshops, live art events, creative coaching and page poetry, she invites community members to invest in that which inspires and sustains them. She has taught and performed in 20 states and all kinds of stages, and she feels incredibly lucky to do what she loves.