<div id="bodytxt"><p class="text">Elissa Gordon’s poetry mines a childhood spent between New York and New England and a passion for travel. A frequent open mic reader, she has appeared in print in <em><span class="journal">NY Underscore</span></em>, a themed magazine about New York City life, <em><span class="journal">Windmills</span></em> (Australia), <em><span class="journal">Edison Literary Review</span>, <span class="journal">New Sun Rising—Stories for Japan</span></em>, with proceeds going to benefit the March 11 Tsunami victims, and online in <em><span class="journal">Shot Glass Journal</span></em> and <em><span class="journal">Short, Fast & Deadly</span></em>.</p></div>