San Fran­cis­co Bay Area-born Jen­nifer Lang lives in Tel Aviv, where she runs Israel Writ­ers Stu­dio. Her prize-win­ning essays appear in Bal­ti­more Review, Under the Sun, Mid­way Jour­nal, and else­where. She holds an MFA from Ver­mont Col­lege of Fine Arts and served as an Assis­tant Edi­tor at Brevi­ty Jour­nal. Her first book, Places We Left Behind: a mem­oir-in-minia­ture (2023), was a final­ist in Fore­word Reviews Book Awards for Mem­oir and her lat­est, Land­ed: A yogi’s mem­oir in pieces & pos­es (2024), won Zib­by Awards for Best Midlife-or-Late-in-Life Com­ing-of-Age. A long­time yoga instruc­tor, she leads YogaProse: Using your prac­tice to write your sto­ry. Find­able @jenlangwrites on Face­book and on Instagram.