Taylor Kensel grew up in southeast Idaho. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from EWU where she teaches writing and works as a Responder at the EWU Writers' Center. In 2017, her poem "Under my prom dress are," was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Her work can be found in Black Rock & Sage, Rogue Agent, Z Publishing House's An Anthology of Emerging Poets, The Inlander, and others.
Taylor Kensel reads "One Year After My Move To California..." by Anna Journey
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