Bianca Lynne Spriggs is an award-winning writer and multidisciplinary artist from Kentucky. An Assistant Professor of English at Ohio University, Bianca is the author of five collections of poems, most recently Call Her By Her Name (Northwestern University Press, 2016), The Galaxy Is a Dance Floor (Argos Books, 2016) and the forthcoming Black Mermaid (Argus House Press, 2018). She is the co-editor of three poetry anthologies, most recently Black Bone: 25 Years of the Affrilachian Poets (University of Kentucky Press, 2018) and the forthcoming Undead: Ghouls, Ghosts & More (Apex Publications, 2018). You can learn more about her work here: www.biancaspriggs.com.