Lara Messersmith-Glavin is a writer, educator, and performer based in Portland, Oregon. Her work has appeared in Across the Margin, Still Point Arts Quarterly, MaLa Literary Journal, Anchored in Deep Water: The Fisherpoets Anthology, Stoneboat Literary Journal, Selkie, Radiant Voices: Twenty-One Feminist Essays for Rising Up, and elsewhere. She was awarded the ATM 2018 Best Nonfiction Award, a writing residency from the Sou'Wester in 2017, and the Chinalyst Award for Best Travel Writing in 2008.