Rainstorm After Heatwave by Cristina Van Orden
Photography by Elliot Polinksy

Cristina Van Orden is an emerging poet living in Los Angeles. She is currently an MFA candidate at Antioch University and works on Lunch Ticket as an editor and blogger. Twitter/IG: @cristinawordma

Elliot lives in center city Philly though he’s been entertaining rural fantasies. He has an undergraduate degree in English and creative writing from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s degree in early American lit from Vanderbilt. In a strange twist he now teaches yoga and takes pictures for a living.