Mary Jane Philpy-Dollins, MSN, RN, MA, is a nurse, poet, knitter and a great conversationalist. She is the current President of the Austin Poetry Society and has previously published poetry in Beginnings, medmic, The Poetry Machine: Volume 2 (2021) & Volume 3 (2022) and in the Waco WordFest Anthology (2023). She has worked as an inpatient nurse in Women's Services and in an outreach role related to maternal/neonatal transport and maternal-fetal telemedicine. She lives in Driftwood, Texas with her husband and dog. Pulling At the Curtain is her first book of poetry.