Carol Guess is the author of numerous books of poetry and prose including Black Lawrence Press titles Infodemic, Doll Studies: Forensics, and With Animal (in collaboration with Kelly Magee). A frequent collaborator, she writes across genres and illuminates historically marginalized material. In 2014 she was awarded the Philolexian Award for Distinguished Literary Achievement by Columbia University. She is Professor of English at Western Washington University, where she teaches Queer Literature and Creative Writing.