Carrie Nassif (she/her) is a queer poet, photographer and clinical psychologist with a private practice in the rural Midwest. She is the proud parent of two adultish humans, an aging and sassy orange cat, a spoiled bearded dragon, and an agressively friendly 65 pound lap dog. Her chapbook, "lithopaedion" was a finalist in the 2020 Yes Yes Books Vinyl 45 Chapbook Contest and is forthcoming with Finishing Line Press. She is hopes to publish a full-length poetry manuscript/speculative memoir hybrid soon, called, "necessary and sufficient conditions: the vulture girl".