Dana Robbins obtained an MFA in creative writing from the Stonecoast Program at the University of Southern Maine after a long career as an attorney. Her first book of poetry, The Left Side of My Life, was published by Moon Pie Press of Westbrook, Maine in 2015, and her second book, The Left Side of My Life, was published by Moon Pie in 2020. Her poetry and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies and on The Writers Almanac with Garrison Keillor. Dana lives in Bronx, NY and Palo Alto, California.