What’s Your Emergency?
"When I woke from surgery, I wondered where my arm went. / It was still attached, I was assured. I saw it there, hanging from my body...." ... Read More
Author: Kim Chinquee
Kim Chinquee grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, was a medical laboratory technician in the Air Force and elsewhere (most recently, during COVID). She’s the author of seven collections: Oh Baby, Pretty, Pistol, Veer, Shot Girls, Wetsuit, Snowdog, and the novel Pipette. She’s Chief Editor of Elm Leaves Journal (ELJ), Senior Editor of New World Writing, and Contributing Editor of Midwest Review. Her work has been published widely and received three Pushcart Prizes and a Henfield Prize. She’s a competitive triathlete and lives with her three dogs in Tonawanda, New York. Read more at kimchinquee.com.