Risa Denenberg lives a quiet life on the Olympic peninsula in Washington state, where she works as a nurse practitioner. She reviews poetry for the American Journal of Nursing and is an editor at Headmistress Press, an independent publisher of poetry by lesbians. She has published three chapbooks, “what we owe each other” and “In My Exam Room” (The Lives You Touch Publications); and “Blinded by Clouds” (Hyacinth Girls Press); and three full length poetry collections, “Mean Distance from the Sun” (Aldrich Press); Whirlwind @ Lesbos (Headmistress Press); and "slight faith" (MoonPath Press).