Aileen Keown Vaux is a queer poet, essayist, and teacher whose chapbook, Consolation Prize, was published by Scablands Books. Their debut, full-length poetry book, Sad Man Happy Hour, is forthcoming from Unsolicited Press. Passionate about supporting the literary ecosystem through in-depth interviews, their conversations with poets and writers can be found online at The Rumpus. They live and work in Portland, OR.