RACHEL ELIZA GRIFFITHS is a poet, visual artist, and novelist. Her work has been published in The New York Times, El neoyorquino, Casa de lata, and other publications. She is a recipient of the Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award and the Paterson Poetry Prize. She has also been awarded fellowships from many organizations, including the Cave Canem Foundation, Kimbilio, the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and Yaddo.