Allison Escoto is a poet and head librarian at the Center for Fiction in NYC. She is a New Yorker by way of the suburbs of Louisiana and, with the exception of a few, mostly regrettable exceptions, has lived in Queens since 2001. Her work has appeared in Broadsided Press, the No, YOU Tell It storytelling series and Emotive Fruition. She is the Associate Editor of Newtown Literary Journal. Follow her on @allisones.