Katie Jean Shinkle’s books and chapbooks include Tannery Bay (coauthored with Steven Dunn, FC2/University of Alabama Press, 2024), None of This is an Invitation (coauthored with Jessica Alexander, Astrophil Press at University of South Dakota, 2023), and Thick City (Bull City Press, 2023). Our Prayers After the Fire, originally published on Blue Square Press, was reissued by Spuyten Duyvil in 2022. Other work can be found in or is forthcoming from Another Last Call: Poems on Addiction and Deliverance (Sarabande Books), Gulf Coast, The Nation, Denver Quarterly, Washington Square Review, New Letters, Witness, and elsewhere. She holds a Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Literary Arts from the University of Denver, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Alabama.