Lynette Reini-Grandell is the author of Wild Verge, Approaching the Gate (winner of the 2015 Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for Poetry), and the forthcoming memoir, Wild Things: A Dark-Glam Trans Rock Love Story. Her other work has appeared in Alligator Juniper, MNArtists.org, Poetry Motel, Poetry City U.S.A., and Seminary Ridge Review, among others. She has been nominated for a Pushcart and received grants for her work from the Finlandia Foundation and the Minnesota State Arts Board. Based in Minneapolis, she performs with the Bosso Poetry Company, the jazz/poetry collective Sonoglyph, and in multimedia Finnish/Nordic Roots shows.