Nicole Tallman is a poet, writer, and editor. Born and raised in Michigan, she lives in Miami and serves as the official Poetry Ambassador for Miami-Dade County, Editor of Redacted Books, Poetry and Interviews Editor for The Blue Mountain Review, an Associate Editor for South Florida Poetry Journal, and a reader for The Los Angeles Review. She is the author of Something Kindred and Poems for the People (The Southern Collective Experience (SCE) Press), and FERSACE (ELJ Editions). She is also the editor of STAY GOLDEN, a Golden Girls-inspired special zine published by The Daily Drunk, and co-editor with Maureen Seaton of We Who Rise from Saltwater, Let's Sing! and There's a wave coming. One can hear it in the sky., two collaborative Heroic Sonnet Crowns for the Mayor and residents of Miami-Dade County. She is also the creator and host of ELJ Editions/Redacted Books' Be Well Reading Series and the Lunchtime Poetry & Jazz Series at Miami-Dade County's Main Library. Find her on social media @natallman and nicoletallman.com.