Donald Quist is author of two essay collections, HARBORS (AWST Press, 2016), a Foreword INDIES Bronze Winner and International Book Awards Finalist, and TO THOSE BOUNDED (AWST Press, 2021). He has a linked story collection, FOR OTHER GHOSTS (AWST Press, 2018). His writing has appeared in AGNI, North American Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, The Rumpus, and was Notable in Best American Essays 2018. He is creator of the online nonfiction series PAST TEN. Donald has received fellowships from Sundress Academy for the Arts, Kimbilio Fiction, and served as a Gus T. Ridgel fellow for the English PhD program at University of Missouri. He is Director of the MFA in Writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts.