Jennifer Loyd (she/her) is the author of Ghost in the Archive (2025), selected by Bob Hicok as the winner of Conduit Press’s Marystina Santiestevan First Book Prize. For her poetry exploring the archives of Rachel Carson, she received a Stadler Fellowship, as well as research grants from Purdue University, where she earned an MFA. At Texas Tech University, she earned a PhD, read for Iron Horse, and participated in Land Arts of the American West. Additionally, she has served as an editor for Copper Nickel, West Branch, and Sycamore Review. Her poetry and prose, which explore the intersection between private voice and public narratives, appear in Best New Poets, The Southern Review, The Rumpus, Swamp Pink, Shenandoah, Prairie Schooner, Poet Lore, and elsewhere.