Katie Manning is the founding editor of Whale Road Review and a professor of writing at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. She is the author of Tasty Other (Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award, 2016), and her latest chapbook is How to Play (Louisiana Literature Press, 2022). Her poem “What to Expect” was recently featured on the Poetry Unbound podcast. Find her online at www.katiemanningpoet.com.