Krystal Languell lives in Chicago. She is the author of three previous books of poetry: CALL THE CATASTROPHISTS (BlazeVox, 2011), GRAY MARKET (1913 Press, 2016), and Quite Apart (University of Akron Press, 2019). Additionally, she has published six chapbooks, including Diamonds in the Flesh, a collaboration with Robert Alan Wendeborn, (Double Cross Press, 2015) and Archive Theft, a collection of interviews, (Essay Press, 2015). Her fourth poetry collection, SYSTEMS THINKING WITH FLOWERS, was the winner of the 2019 Fonograf Editions Open Genre Book Prize.