Wren Hanks is the author of Lily-livered (Driftwood Press, March 2021), winner of the Adrift Chapbook Contest, and The Rise of Genderqueer (Brain Mill Press, 2018). His poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Bettering American Poetry and has appeared in Best New Poets. He was a finalist for Indiana Review’s 2018 1/2 K Prize, and his recent work appears in Indiana Review, Third Coast, DIAGRAM, The Journal, New South, and elsewhere. He is also the author of Prophet Fever (Hyacinth Girl Press, sold out), an Elgin Award finalist. He holds an MFA from the University of New Orleans and a BA from Sarah Lawrence College. He is a certified wildlife rehabber and lives in Brooklyn, where he works in animal rights.