Genelle Chaconas is genderfluid, queer, feminist, an abuse survivor and proud. They are a 2015 MFA Writing and Poetics graduate of Naropa University. Their first chapbook is Fallout, Saints and Dirty Pictures (little m Press, 2011). Their work has been published or is forthcoming in Jet Fuel Review, Claudius Speaks, Burningword Literary, Exposition Review, Milkfist, Image OutWrite, Former People, Menacing Hedge, Crack the Spine, Dirty Chai, Third Wednesday, The Fem, Crab Fat Magazine, Door is a Jar, Bombay Gin, Calaveras Station, Brevities, Primal Urge, Late Peaches: Poems by Sacramento Poets and others. They are a volunteer submission reader at Tule Review, and they hosted Red Night Poetry in Sacramento. They’re currently co-writing a nonfiction book with their mentor. They enjoy industrial noise music, making silly sound effects during movie shootouts, takeout American Chinese food, reading on public transit, doodling, volunteering, Facebook stalking, and short walks off piers.