Carol Guess is the author of twenty books of poetry and prose. Forthcoming books include SLEEP TIGHT SATELLITE (Tupelo Press, 2023) and Infodemic (Black Lawrence Press, 2024). A frequent collaborator, she writes across genres and illuminates historically marginalized material. In 2014 she was awarded the Philolexian Award for Distinguished Literary Achievement by Columbia University. She is Professor of English at Western Washington University.