About the Author

Rissa loves hot green tea in antique cups, lingering walks through the produce department, and paying compliments to strangers. Everyday life is her constant inspiration for writing poems, plays, fiction, essays, and recipes. Rissa is a vegan of 23 years and is currently the senior editor at Vegetarian Journal magazine. She studied writing at New York University and photojournalism at Western Kentucky University. With her husband Nathaniel and their Spanish greyhound companion, Valerio, Rissa makes her home in Maryland Peter has been a journalist, educator, entrepreneur, athlete and dad. Since retiring, he spends 100% of his time writing, reading and editing from his homes in Elkridge, Md and the Finger Lakes Region of New York. Born into a family of fine artists in rural Pennsylvania, Brent refined his craft working as a senior digital artist on several award-winning video games. His architectural designs can be seen in Empires: Dawn of the Modern World and Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties. Designing book covers has been a labor of love for friends and family. Following a successful career in digital art, Brent transitioned to secondary education as an avenue to share his love for mathematics and design. He then earned his Master's in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he currently serves as a Program Officer at the Center for a Livable Future. Since joining the Center in 2008, his research has spanned farm to fork, with published works on industrial food animal production, soil contamination, urban agriculture, food and agricultural policy, and the role of plant-centric diets in mitigating climate change. Brent has never lost his love of teaching and visual communication, and continues to translate the science to students, journalists, policymakers, and other key audiences. Brent resides in Baltimore, Maryland with his partner Shannon and their feline familiar, Crystal.

Reviews

"Rissa's paradisiac poetry reminded me of something I had forgotten: I love reading poems. The elegant way she intertwines words and emotions with rhythm and meter harkens me back to my youth when I would seek out poems and sonnets by little known authors. I am confident I would have stopped to read Goodnight, Poet."
Eric C. Lindstrom, best-selling author, The Skeptical Vegan and The Smart Parent's Guide to Raising Vegan Kids"Rissa makes relationships sexy, intimacy and familiarity sensual, and luxuriates in the simple joy of a beautiful, elegantly-chosen word spoken from the right mouth. Between you and me, it was hot as f&*k."
Leslie Gray Streeter, journalist and author, Black Widow"With a grace and elegance that is characteristically hers, Miller's poems radiate warmth and tenderness. She invites you inside on a cold night; her words are the heat source that calms you, nourishes you, wraps you in blankets until you are comforted. Each poem is a deeply-felt meditation on this most exquisite human experience: love. A strong and eloquent new voice in poetry, she is one to watch."
Jennifer Green, author, Through the Wormhole"Rissa has created a delightful collection of poems perfect for reading aloud. She has a way of painting images so expressively, they feel more than mere words. Some poems are sweet, others beautiful in their tranquility. One of my favorites is the emotionally powerful 1000. Home Cooking, much more than a poem, turns a simple discussion of food into something sensual and intoxicating. Then there is the hot and steamy Nectar, which left me both hungry and turned on. I've got to read some of these to my significant other. "
A.L. Kaplan, poet and author, Star-Touched""In Goodnight, Poet, Rissa evokes fully feminine, tactile sensitivities with rippling shades of warmth, intimacy and eroticism. Like the delicate sheer morning fog, she enfolds her reader in the experience of love, physical and emotional. Using soft yet vibrant, sensorial language, Rissa coaxes meaning from whispered, fleeting moments as she opens our eyes to a multitude of rich, tiny wonders that too often pass unnoticed. This collection is inspirational and unparalleled; a perfect way for lovers to enhance their love and end their day."
Nancy J. Alexander, author, Relentless, Seeing Double, Twisted Realms"Compelled by grace, Miller's poems set new heights to classic themes, and are enjoyable in company or solitude".
Virginia Petrucci, writer and poet, Recipes and How-To's"Goodnight Poet, three parts, feels like an evolution. Whether that evolution is of the poet or a thought, a memory, an experience, there is a journey. Such a wonderful selection of sweet and sultry alongside reality, mixing with wonder, and how with the right person by your side, they can all co-exist. Opposites don't always have to disagree."
Joshua Zirger, screenwriter, The Letter