Jessica Manack holds degrees from Hollins University and lives with her family in Pittsburgh's North Side. Her writing has appeared widely in literary journals and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and she has been the recipient of a Curious Creators Grant and Getaway Artist Fellowship. She is the Development Editor at Belt Magazine and a poetry reader for TriQuarterly. As the winner of the 2023 First Chapbook Prize, her poetry collection GASTROMYTHOLOGY was published by Sheila-Na-Gig Editions in 2024. Keep up with her work at: http://www.jessicamanack.com [2]