Author of the article

Aurora Shimshak grew up in several rural communities and small cities in Wisconsin. Her work has appeared in or is forthcoming in Best New Poets 2023, Copper Nickel, Poetry Northwest, The Offing, and Flock, among others. She teaches writing to undergraduate students, high schoolers, and those incarcerated at Oakhill Correctional Institution. Her poetry manuscript-in-progress was selected as a finalist for Milkweed’s Ballard Spahr prize.