Ruth Madievsky is the author of a best­selling poet­ry col­lec­tion, Emer­gency Brake (Tav­ern Books, 2016). Her work appears in Harper’s Bazaar, Guer­ni­ca, Lit­er­ary Hub, Keny­on Review, Ploughshares, and else­where. She is a found­ing mem­ber of the Cheburash­ka Col­lec­tive, a com­mu­ni­ty of women and non­bi­na­ry writ­ers from the for­mer Sovi­et Union. Orig­i­nal­ly from Moldo­va, she lives in Los Ange­les, where she works as an HIV and pri­ma­ry care pharmacist.