Lillien Waller

is a poet, essayist and editor. She holds an MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, a degree in English literature from University of Michigan and interdisciplinary degrees from New School for Social Research and Emory University. Her poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best New Poets, and she is editor of the anthology American Ghost: Poets on Life after Industry (Stockport Flats). Waller is a former Cave Canem Fellow and was awarded a Kresge Artist Fellowship in the Literary Arts in 2015. She lives in Detroit, Michigan.