Dawn Marie Knopf’s work has appeared in Fence, Boston Review, Pacific Standard, Bomb, Oregon Humanities, and the New Inquiry among others. She teaches literature and writing courses, advises editors of the student-run publication the Swift: Clark College Literary Journal, and hosts guest writers for the Columbia Writers Series at Clark College. She received her bachelor’s degree at University of California Davis and her master’s degree at Columbia University, where she was the editor of Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art. She lives in Portland, OR. Email: dmknopf at gmail dot com