Nicole Tallman is the author of Something Kindred and Poems for the People (The Southern Collective Experience Press). Her next book, FERSACE, is forthcoming in November 2023 from ELJ Editions. Born and raised in Michigan, she lives in Miami, serves as the official Poetry Ambassador for Miami-Dade County, Editor for Redacted Books, Poetry and Interviews Editor for The Blue Mountain Review, and a reader for South Florida Poetry Journal and The Los Angeles Review. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @natallman and at nicoletallman.com.