Jill Michelle is the author of Underwater (Riot in Your Throat, 2025) and Shuffle Play (Bottlecap, 2024) and winner of the 2023 NORward Prize for Poetry from New Ohio Review. Her newest work is forthcoming in The Meadow, RHINO Poetry, Salamander Magazine, and Scavengers. She teaches at Valencia College in Orlando, Florida. Find more at byjillmichelle.com.