Originally from Oxford, Ohio, Ava Hofmann is a writer currently living and working as an MFA student in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She has poems published in or forthcoming from Black Warrior Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Fence, Anomaly, Best American Experimental Writing 2020, The Fanzine, Datableed, Peachmag, Always Crashing, and Foglifter. Her poetry deals with trans/queer identity, Marxism, and the frustrated desire inherent to encounters with the archive. Her interactive chapbook, THE WOMAN FACTORY, is forthcoming from The Operating System. Her website is www.nothnx.com.