Whitney Koo is the author of Any Gesture (Black Lawrence Press, 2026) and Founder/Editor of Gasher Press. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in journals such as POETRY Magazine, the Los Angeles Review, Colorado Review, Seneca Review, American Literary Review, and others. She holds a PhD in English-Creative Writing from Oklahoma State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Colorado Boulder. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University.