Lisa Summe is the author of Say It Hurts (YesYes Books, 2021). Her second collection of poems, How To Make The Day Longer, was a finalist for the 2024 Write Bloody Publishing Jack McCarthy Book Prize. Lisa earned a BA and MA in literature at the University of Cincinnati, and an MFA in poetry from Virginia Tech. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Bat City Review, Foglifter, Muzzle, Salamander, Salt Hill, Underblong, West Branch, and elsewhere. She is currently associate poetry editor for Brink and associate poetry editor for The Florida Review. You can find her running, playing baseball, or eating vegan pastries in Pittsburgh, PA. 

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(photo by Julia Graeper)