Author of The Arithmetic of Breasts and Other Stories and Four Degrees of Separation, Rochelle Potkar is the alumna of Iowa's International Writing Program, and Charles Wallace Writer's fellowship, Stirling. She was the winner of the 2016 Open Road Review story contest for "The leaves of the Deodar". Her story "Chit Mahal" (The Enclave) appears in The Best of Asian Short Stories (Kitaab International). Her poem "The girl from Lal Bazaar" was shortlisted for the Gregory O' Donoghue International Poetry Prize, 2018. Her book Paper Asylum is due in May 2018 from Copper Coin Publishing. Her poem "Skirt" has been adapted into a poetry film by Philippa Cousins (UK) for the Visible Poetry Project 2018, USA. Visit her website for more information. [Auditory Cortex]