Lori Yeghiayan Friedman is a creative nonfiction writer from Los Angeles who now calls Portland, Oregon home. Her work has been nominated for several Pushcart Prizes and has most recently appeared in Longleaf Review, Stanchion, Pithead Chapel, Autofocus Lit, Memoir Monthly and the Los Angeles Times. Look for her flash piece, “In the Wings No One Can Hear You Scream,” in the anthology “Already Gone” to be published by Alan Squire Publishing in September 2023. Lori earned a BA and an MFA in Theatre from the University of California at San Diego and was a participant in the Tin House Winter Workshop 2023. Follow her on Twitter: @loriyeg