Denise Miller (they/she) is a poet, playwright, and mixed media artist. Their book publications include Core, released in 2015 and nominated for a 2016 American Book Award and a 2016 Pushcart Prize, their chapbook, Ligatures was published in 2016 by Rattle Press. They also won the 2020 Sexton Prize for Poetry for their full-length poetry collection, A Ligature for Black Bodies. Their produced plays include Ligatures (adapted for the stage) and Before the Shooting. Their fellowships and residencies include Hedgebrook, a William Randolph Hearst Fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society, Prairie Ronde, Behtnay Center for the Arts, Storyknife, Willapa Bay, and Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Fellow​ships. Their most recent full length poetry collection title How to Make An American Mass Shooter was released this past October by Querencia Press. They are currently working on a collection of short stories. For more of their work, visit http://www.denisemiller.studio [2].