Aaron Wallace honorably served in the U.S. Army as a combat medic. He received his MFA from the Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Lesley University. His work has been published in The American Journal of Poetry,The Wrath-Bearing Tree, The Deadly Writers Patrol, Typehouse Literary Magazine, and North DakotaQuarterly. His poem “The Blue Angels at Naval Air Station Jacksonville” was named as a Honorable Mention in the 2019 edition of Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors. His manuscript, Battle Hymn of the Republic, is circulating to publishers. Aaron currently resides in Jacksonville, Florida, with his wonderful wife Darby and their dogs, Bailey and Benji.