Nick Di Carlo, teacher and writer, lives in a small southern California town. He has published poetry, short fiction, and news feature articles, and has taught literature and writing in universities on both east and west coasts. He has conducted wilderness writing workshops in the Grand Tetons, Grand Canyon, and Anza Borrego desert, and has taught college-level writing and literature classes in New York State medium and maximum security correctional facilities. Current endeavors include his course “Fiction After Fifty,” for aspiring novice writers who have lived long and deeply.