Shuly Xóchitl Cawood is the author of four books, including the forthcoming story collection, A Small Thing to Want (Press 53, 2020) and the memoir, The Going and Goodbye (Platypus Press, 2017). Her poetry collection, Trouble Can Be So Beautiful at the Beginning, won the Adrienne Bond Award for Poetry and will be published in 2021 by Mercer University Press. You can learn more about Shuly at www.shulycawood.com.