Year Admitted: 2023
Bio
Aurora Shimshak is from southwestern Wisconsin. Currently a PhD student in Rhetoric and Composition, her first academic interests were in creative writing. Her poems and essays have appeared in Poetry Northwest, Shenandoah, and The Offing, among others. She holds an MFA in poetry from UW-Madison and an MFA in creative nonfiction from UNC Wilmington. Her poetry manuscript was a finalist for Milkweed’s Ballard Spahr prize.
Interests
Creative writing pedagogy, Carceral literacies, the connection between drawing and writing
Degree and Institution
MFA, University of Wisconsin – Madison
MFA, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Selected Publications
“Little Mother”, The Offing, 2023.