Karah Kemmerly is a queer poet and fiber artist who grew up in the California Central Valley. Her poems appear in gigantic sequins, Redivider, and Breakwater Review, and her debut chapbook, warm-blooded, is forthcoming with Ethel in Fall 2023. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where she teaches writing at Portland Community College, works as an assistant editor with YesYes Books, and makes zines through Conjunction Press.