Clara is a Midwest poet who grew up on occupied Chippewa and Ottawa land. She is a graduate of Grinnell College's English department and a lover of queer theory and freshwater. You can find more of her work on her website, claratrippepoetry.com, including works featured in The Rumpus, Heavy Feather Review, The Normal School, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, and The Shallow Ends. You can find her on Instagram and Twitter at @mid_west_dad.