Ona Gritz

Ona Gritz is the author of two collections of poetry, two
children’s books, and a memoir. Her poetry has appeared in numerous anthologies
and journals including Ploughshares,
Bellevue Literary Review, The Paterson Literary Review, and Beauty is a Verb: The New Poetry of
Disability. She has contributed essays to The New York Times, the
Guardian, The Utne Reader, MORE magazine, The Rumpus,and
elsewhere. Ona recently ended a twelve-year tenure as a columnist for Literary Mama. She also served, along
with her husband Daniel Simpson, as poetry editor for Referential Magazine. Daniel and Ona's joint poetry collection, Border Songs: A Conversation in Poems,
is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. They are currently editing an anthology
for Murphy Writing Seminars and Diode Editions. Ona is also at work on a memoir
and true crime hybrid.