Car­ly Sachs is the author of the steam sequence (Wash­ing­ton Writ­ers’ Pub­lish­ing House 2006) and Descen­dants of Eve (Blue Lyra Press, 2020). She is the edi­tor of the why and lat­er (Deep Cleve­land Press, 2007), a col­lec­tion of poems about rape and assault. Her poems and sto­ries have been includ­ed in The Best Amer­i­can Poet­ry series and read on NPR’s Select­ed Shorts. Recent work has appeared in the Mid-Atlantic Review, the At the Well blog, and the Earth Etudes for Elul project. When not writ­ing, you can find Car­ly teach­ing yoga or bak­ing with her daugh­ter. She lives in Lex­ing­ton, KY.