Nadia Colburn is the author of poetry book The High
Shelf (The Word Works 2019), and her second book, I Say the Sky is
forthcoming from the University Press of Kentucky's New Poetry and Prose series. Her writing has appeared in more than 80 publications, including The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, Spirituality & Health,
Lion's Roar, and The Yale Review. She holds a Ph.D. in English from
Columbia University and is the founder of Align Your Story Writing
School, which brings traditional literary and creative writing studies
together with mindfulness, embodied practices, and social and
environmental engagement. She lives in Cambridge, MA with her husband
and two children. Find her at nadiacolburn.com, where she offers
meditations and free resources for writers.