Laura Bernstein-Machlay, a long-time Detroiter, teaches literature and creative writing at a Detroit-area college. Her work has appeared in many magazines and journals including The American Scholar, Fourth Genre, Georgia Review, Hotel Amerika, The Massachusetts Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, New Plains Review, North American Review, Redivider, World Literature Today, and others.
Her full-length collection of creative-nonfiction essays, Travelers (2018), was named a finalist in Foreword Review's INDIE book award contest. She's been nominated for 6 Pushcart Prizes in both the essay and poetry categories.