Callista Buchen has an MA in literature from the University of Oregon and an MFA in creative writing-poetry from Bowling Green State University, and is currently a second-year PhD candidate in English and creative writing at the University of Kansas. Her poetry and prose are forthcoming or have appeared in Bellevue Review, Pear Noir!, elimae, Gargoyle, Gigantic, A cappella Zoo, PANK, jmww, and many other journals. Her reviews have appeared in Mid-American Review, The Collagist, The Literary Review, and Prick of the Spindle. Winner of the 2012 Langston Hughes creative writing award in fiction, she has been nominated for Best New Poets and the Pushcart prize.
