Jendi Reiter's first book, A Talent for Sadness, was published in 2003 by Turning Point Books. Her work has appeared in Poetry, The New Criterion, The Sow's Ear Poetry Review, Clackamas Literary Review, Alligator Juniper, Best American Poetry 1990 and many other publications. Awards include two prizes from the Poetry Society of America, the 2004 Olay Total Effects Fine Lines Poetry Prize, and the 2002 Mildred Werba Award from the Baltimore Writers' Alliance. She is the editor of Poetry Contest Insider, a quarterly guide to over 650 poetry contests, published by Winning Writers.

Other poems by Jendi Reiter in Verse Daily:
November 16, 2003:  "Couplets" "I am so tired of looking forward to things..."
November 4, 2003:  "The Ghost in Love" "You remember how you were all alone at the end..."

About Small Spiral Notebook:
Poets in this issue: Matthew Thorburn, Jendi Reiter, Gerry Stewart, Kira Henehan, Daphne Gottlieb, Megan M. Garr, Adam Day, Betsy Bonner, Nick Salvato, Mark Cunningham, Cherryl Smith, Ruth Levine