Brynn Saito (’17) (she/her), MA, MFA, is the author of three books of poetry, most recently Under a Future Sky (Aug, 2023). She’s the winner of the Benjamin Saltman Award from Red Hen Press and a finalist for the Northern California Book Award. Brynn also co-authored with Traci Brimhall the poetry chapbook, Bright Power, Dark Peace (Diode Editions, 2016). She teaches in the Creative Writing program at California State University, Fresno, located on the traditional lands of the Yokuts and Mono peoples. Currently, Brynn is coediting with Brandon Shimoda an anthology of poetry written by descendants of the Japanese American/Nikkei incarceration, forthcoming in 2025 from Haymarket Books.