One Page Wednesday – December

Emme Lund is an author living and writing in Portland. She has an MFA from Mills College. Her work has appeared in Electric Literature, TIME Magazine, The Rumpus, Romper, the Portland Mercury, and Autostraddle, among many other venues. In 2019, she was awarded an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship in Fiction. Her debut novel, The Boy with a Bird in His Chest(Atria Books, 2022) was longlisted for the First Novel Prize from the Center For Fiction, was a finalist for an Oregon Book Award,  named a best book of the year by Buzzfeed and The Portland Mercury, and was included on lists in The Washington Post, USA Today, People Magazine, The Advocate, Cosmopolitan, and Shondaland.

RJ Equality Ingram lives next to a cemetery in Portland, Oregon & works as a necromancer for Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette. RJ's debut collection of poetry The Autobiography of Nancy Drew was published by White Stag in 2024 & RJ's second collection of poetry Peacock Lane will be published by White Stag on Summer Solstice 2026. RJ holds a BFA from Bowling Green State University & two MFAs from Saint Mary's College of California. RJ was a regular contributor of the Nerd Rage: The Great Debates! podcast & has had poetry featured on the Portland radio program Talking Earth. RJ is a regular participant of Tupelo Press' 30/30 Project. Recent work can be found in Voicemail Poems, Deep Overstock, The Pointed Circle, Garlic Lit Press & Luna Luna among other publications. Follow @RJ_Equality to find out about upcoming events & learn about their Tiny Free Library & find pictures of their cats Twyla & Senator Padme Amidala.