Christian Teresi is the author of What Monsters You Make of Them (Red Hen Press, 2024). His poems, essays, and translations have appeared in many journals, including AGNI, the American Poetry Review, Blackbird, DIAGRAM, the Kenyon Review, the Literary Review, Literary Hub, Subtropics, and TriQuarterly. His work has been supported by a fellowship from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. He holds degrees from Binghamton University and George Mason University. Born in Albany, New York, he currently lives in Washington, DC, where he works on international education and public diplomacy initiatives.