Emily Bark Brown is a poet from Mobile, Alabama and Brooklyn, New York. They co-edit Hot Pink, an online poetry magazine. They received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Recent work can be found in The Poetry Project Newsletter, mercury firs, Noir Sauna, Bennington Review, Oversound, and blush, among others. Their chapbook, Welcome to August, is forthcoming in 2025 from The Year. They work at Nightboat Books as Managing Editor and host a reading series in public spaces around New York City. You can find them online at https://www.emilybarkbrown.com/poems and on Instagram @bedgloom