ANNELYSE GELMAN is the author of a previous poetry collection, Everyone I Love Is a Stranger to Someone, the artist’s book POOL, and the EP About Repulsion. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Bomb, PEN Poetry Series, American Poetry Review, and elsewhere. She also directs Midst, an experimental platform for capturing and sharing the writing processes of contemporary poets. Her lates collection, Vexations, is longlisted for a 2023 National Book Award for Poetry.