​Rowena Carenen is a graduate of Salem College and the University of Southern Mississippi. If asked, she'd say that poetry has been her passion ever since she realized that words could convey more than just the facts. Her poems have appeared in various literary journals and magazines, including The Revenant Culture and GERM, and her first collection, In the Meantime, was published by Neverland Publishing in September, 2014. She is currently living in Greenville, South Carolina, and while she agrees that pumpkin spice is pretty great, she prefers gingerbread in her chai lattes. Read.