Jeanne-Marie Fleming is a recent MFA graduate of Sarah Lawrence College. Her novel in progress, Unfinished Canvas, explores the intersection of grief and art. She is a teacher, an editor, a mother, and an advocate for incarcerated citizens and individuals who struggle with mental illness. She writes fiction and nonfiction. Her curiosity about family bonds and the threads sewn from one generation to the next is evident in her work. She is a frequent performer at spoken word events.