Beth Ruscio–her first paying job was detasseling corn, her second, acting with her late parents, both actors. Her manuscript Raucous Spell Of Light is a three time semi-finalist (Crab Orchard First Poetry Book & Perugia Press). Her poems published in Cultural Weekly, In Posse Review, Spillway, Malpais Review, Poetry Flash and anthologized in Conducting A Life: The Theatre of Maria Irene Fornes, and Beyond The Lyric Moment.