Tina Kelley’s Rise Wildly appeared in 2020 from CavanKerry Press, joining Abloom & Awry, Precise, and The Gospel of Galore, a Washington State Book Award winner. She reported for The New York Times and wrote two nonfiction books. Her poems have appeared in Cimmaron Review, Southwest Review, Prairie Schooner, and The Best American Poetry 2009, among other publications. She received a 2023 Finalist award from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. She’s the senior education reporter for NJ.com. She and her husband have two children and live in Maplewood, NJ.