Rachel Luria is an Associate Professor at Florida Atlantic University’s Wilkes Honors College. In June 2018, she was the Artist-in-Residence in Everglades, where she composed original fables inspired by the wilderness of the Florida Everglades. Her nonfiction was named a Notable Essay of 2015 by the editors of Best American Essays and her work has appeared in Craft, The Normal School, Harpur Palate, Dash Literary Journal, and others.