L. Bor­det­sky-Williams is a Pro­fes­sor of Lit­er­a­ture at Ramapo Col­lege of New Jer­sey. She is the author of the his­tor­i­cal nov­el, For­get Rus­sia. She has also pub­lished the mem­oir, Let­ters to Vir­ginia Woolf, three poet­ry chap­books, and The Artist as Out­sider in the Nov­els of Toni Mor­ri­son and Vir­ginia Woolf.