Susan Ayres is a poet, lawyer, and translator from the Spanish. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and has appeared in a wide variety of literary and scholarly journals, such as The South Carolina Review, Valparaiso Review, and Lily Poetry Review. She holds an MFA in creative writing with a concentration in translation from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and teaches at Texas A&M University School of Law. Her chapbooks are Walk Like the Bird Flies (Finishing Line, 2023) and Red Cardinal, White Snow (Main Street Rag, 2024). She lives in Fort Worth, Texas. Visit www.psusanayres.com