Kristi Maxwell is the author of seven books of poetry, including My My (Saturnalia Books, 2020), Bright and Hurtless (Ahsahta Press, 2018), That Our Eyes Be Rigged (Saturnalia, 2014), and Wide Ass of Night (Saturnalia, 2025). Currently an assistant professor of English at the University of Louisville, she received an MFA from the University of Arizona and a PhD in Literature & Creative Writing and a graduate certificate in Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies from the University of Cincinnati.