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Ellen Austin-Li’s work has appeared in Artemis, Thimble Literary, The Maine Review, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, Rust + Moth, SWWIM Every Day, and other places. A Best of the Net nominee, she’s published two chapbooks with Finishing Line Press: Firefly and Lockdown: Scenes From Early in the Pandemic. She earned an MFA in Poetry at the Solstice Low-Residency Program. Ellen lives with her husband in a newly empty nest in Cincinnati, Ohio. Find her www.ellenaustinli.me.
