Molly Kugel is the author of Groundcover (Tolsun, 2022), as well as the chapbook, The Forest of the Suburbs (Five Oaks, 2015). Her poems have appeared most recently or are forthcoming in Plant-Human Quarterly, Bennington Review, Calyx, Josephine Quarterly, Mid-American Review, and Cider Press Review. She recently completed a PhD in Literary Studies at the University of Denver, and she is the Ecology Editor for Cordella Press.