Stephen Lewandowski was born in Canandaigua, NY and educated at Hamilton College. He has published fifteen large and small books of poetry, and his poems and essays have appeared in regional and national environmental and literary journals and anthologies. His professional experiences include the roles of Program Director of the Lake Ontario Coastal Initiative as well as consulting for other organizations such as the Canandaigua Lake Watershed Alliance and the Coalition for Hemlock and Canadice Lakes. He is co-coordinator with Scott Williams of the Sea of Coffee Open Mic. at the Dalai Java coffee shop in Canandaigua on third Sunday afternoons. His most recent book of poems is Hard Work in Low Places from Tiger Bark Press of Rochester, NY (June, 2021). He is currently working on a Journal of the Pandemic Year. Stephen has also contributed a number of articles to the Crooked Lake Review (https://www.crookedlakereview.com/authors/lewandowski.html).