Emily Townsend is a graduate student in English at Stephen F. Austin State University. Her works have appeared in Cream City Review, Superstition Review, Thoughtful Dog, Noble/Gas Qtrly, Santa Clara Review, Memoir Mixtapes, Pacifica Literary Review and others. A nominee for a Pushcart Prize and 2019 AWP Intro Journals Award, she is currently working on a second collection of essays in Nacogdoches, Texas.