“The first draft of "Reunion" was written eighteen years ago.  It was my answer to the near perfect John Cheever story with the same title.  I spent the next sixteen years rewriting it.  During that time, I wrote no other poems.  Because I had decided I was not a poet.”  

Andrea McLaughlin is a trauma therapist living in Los Angeles. She also holds an MFA from Columbia University.  Her work is currently featured or forthcoming in River Styx, Grey Sparrow Journal, Bedfellows, Lullwater Review, and Dark Lane Anthology Series.