Elana Wolff grew up and was educated in Toronto. She has taught English as a Second Language at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and is currently teaching ESL at the York University English Language Institute. Her first collection of poetry, Birdheart, was published by Guernica Editions in 2001. Birdheart. Toronto, ON: Guernica Editions, 2001 Degrees of Closeness. Truro, NS: Marcasite Press, 2001.