Michal Lem­berg­er holds a BA in Eng­lish and Reli­gion from Barnard Col­lege and a MA and PhD in Eng­lish from UCLA. Her non­fic­tion and jour­nal­ism have appeared in Slate, Salon, Tablet, Lilith Mag­a­zine, and oth­ers; her poet­ry has been pub­lished in a num­ber of print and online jour­nals, includ­ing The Belle­vue Lit­er­ary Review and The Rat­tling Wall.