Steven Lewis is a current member of the Sarah Lawrence College Writing Institute faculty, former longtime Mentor at SUNY-Empire State College, and itinerant freelancer. His work has been published widely, from the notable to the beyond obscure, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, LA Times, Ploughshares, Narratively, Spirituality & Health, The Rosicrucian Digest, Road Apple Review ... and a biblically long list of parenting publications (7 kids, 16 grandkids). He is also a Contributing Writer at Talking Writing and Literary Ombudsman for 650: Where Writers Read. His books include Zen and the Art of Fatherhood, The ABCs of Real Family Values, Fear and Loathing of Boca Raton, a novel, Take This, a recent chapbook of poems, If I Die Before You Wake, and a generational sequel to Take This, titled Loving Violet.