Karissa Knox Sorrell earned her MFA from Murray State University in 2010. Her poetry and non-fiction have previously been published in Parable Press, Flycatcher, Cactus Heart, San Pedro River Review, and St. Katherine Review, among others. Her poetry chapbook, Evening Body, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. Karissa lived in Bangkok, Thailand, as a teenager and now lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she mentors ESL teachers. Find her on Twitter @KKSorrell.