Nadia Colburn, PhD is the author of the poetry book The High Shelf and her second poetry book, I Say the Sky, is forthcoming in 2024. Her poetry and prose have been widely published in more than 80 publications including The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, LARB, Spirituality & Health, Lion’s Roar and elsewhere. She holds a PhD in English from Columbia University, a BA from Harvard, is a yoga teacher, a serious student of Thich Nhat Hanh, an activist for social and environmental justice, and the founder of Align Your Story Writing School, which offers mindful, embodied creative writing classes. She lives in Cambridge, MA and is the mother of two teenagers. See more at www.nadiacolburn.com