Dustin Pearson’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Bayou Magazine, Bennington Review, Noctua Review, Yemassee, and elsewhere. He was awarded the 2015 Katharine C. Turner Prize from the Academy of American Poets, and has received fellowships from The Watering Hole, Cave Canem, and the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. He is an MFA candidate at Arizona State University, where he serves as the editor of Hayden's Ferry Review.