Cynthia Manick, a poet and storyteller, is the author of the poetry collection Blue Hallelujahs (Black Lawrence Press, 2016). A recipient of fellowships from Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, and the MacDowell Colony, she received honorable mention in the 2019 Furious Flower Poetry Prize and won the Lascaux Prize in Collected Poetry. She lives in Brooklyn. (updated 4/2020)