sherilyn leespoems willappear in forthcoming editions ofthemochila review , the rockhurst review , the lindenwoodreview , the museum of americana , andemerge.her first manuscript under the ginkgo treewas a finalist in the 2010national poetry series open competition.defying gravity , her second manuscript , was short-listed for the 2012 phillip levineprize in poetry.sherilyn earned her master of fine arts increative nonfiction from antioch university los angeles.she lives insouthern california where she isa referee-in-training for the los angeles derby dolls .