Gina Franco is the author of two poetry collections: The Accidental (University of Arkansas Press, 2019), winner of the CantoMundo Poetry Prize, and The Keepsake Storm (University of Arizona Press, 2004). Her writing has appeared in 32 Poems, AGNI, The Georgia Review, Narrative, Poetry, and elsewhere. She divides her time between Galesburg, Illinois, where she teaches at Knox College, and the West Texas borderlands. (updated 4/2020)