Stacey Balkun is the author of Sweetbitter & co-editor of Fiolet & Wing: An Anthology of Domestic Fabulist Poetry. Winner of the 2019 New South Writing Contest as well as Terrain.org’s 10th Annual Contest, her work has appeared in Best New Poets 2018, Mississippi Review, The Rumpus, Pleiades, & several other anthologies & journals. Stacey holds an MFA from Fresno State and a BA from Rutgers University, and currently teaches creative writing online at The Poetry Barn & The Loft. Visit her online at www.staceybalkun.com.