syan jay is a writer of Dził Łigai Si'an N'dee descent living with their partner in the Massachusett homelands of Nutohkemminnit. Their work is published in Black Warrior Review, Prism International, and POETRY. Their debut poetry collection, Bury Me in Thunder, is out now with Sundress Publications. You can find more of their work at www.syanjay.com.
When my wife proposed writing a novel together last year, I was initially resistant but not for the most obvious reasons. I wasn’t worried about our ability to work together.…