Henri Bensussen has published poems and stories in various journals and anthologies, including Sinister Wisdom and Bridges; a poetry chapbook, “Earning Colors” was published by Finishing Line Press in 2015. She earned a B.A. in Biology from UCSC, tho it took a long time. Over the past 17 years, she developed a large garden in Fort Bragg, on the Mendocino Coast, but now lives in a small apartment where roof rats have reduced the few potted plants on her balcony to nubs.