Cory Hutchinson-Reuss grew up in Arkansas, earned her PhD in English from the University of Iowa, and now lives and writes in Iowa City. Her work has appeared in Timber, Slice, Zone 3, Crazyhorse, the Missouri Review online, and elsewhere. A collaborative chapbook of her poems and the visual art of Giselle Simón was recently published as part of the PromptPress Gallery Series. She serves as an Advisory Council member for the non-profit Iowa City Poetry and as a poetry reader for The Adroit Journal. Find her on Instagram @atasteforthebitters.