Jessamyn Smyth's books The Inugami Mochi (2016) and Gilgamesh/Wilderness (2021) are from Saddle Road Press: “A More Perfect Union” from The Inugami Mochi was selected as one of the “100 Distinguished Stories of 2005” in Best American Short Stories (2006). Kitsune is from Finishing Line Press New Women’s Voices Series (2013). Her poetry and prose have appeared in Crab Orchard Review, Taos Review, Red Rock Review, American Letters and Commentary, Nth Position, Life & Legends, Wingbeats: Exercises and Practices in Poetry, and many other journals and anthologies. She is the recipient of fellowships, scholarships, and grants from the Robert Francis Foundation, Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, and others. Jessamyn was the founding Editor in Chief of Tupelo Quarterly, and Founder/Director of the Quest Writer's Conference. She has taught Interdisciplinary Humanities and writing at Bard College Holyoke, Quest University Canada, Middlebury College, The University of Massachusetts at Amherst’s Commonwealth College, The University of Pennsylvania Writer’s Conference, and throughout her communities. Her books Koan Garden and Skaha are available on her website: jessamynsmyth.net.