Karyna McGlynn is originally from Austin, TX. Her poems have recently appeared in Connecticut Review, Rosebud, the Pedestal Magazine, Cimarron Review, Blackbird, Good Foot, Wisconsin Review, Hotel Amerika and Verse. A three-time Pushcart nominee and graduate of the creative writing program at Seattle University, Karyna was recently nominated for the Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship and is currently pursuing her MFA at the University of Michigan.