Krista Varela Posell, MFA Creative Nonfiction '14

Krista's Bio:

Krista graduated in 2014 with her MFA in Creative Nonfiction. She has taught writing at Saint Mary's College and served as the MFA Program Assistant for two years. Other experience includes serving as managing editor of The East Bay Review, a literary journal founded by other SMC MFA alums. Krista has been awarded fellowships to attend the Artsmith Residency and the Lit Camp Writers Conference. She lives in San Francisco and is the creator of Poly in Place. You can find her on Twitter, Instagram, and Medium. She is currently at work on a novel. 

Publications:

• "Stacks" (Complete Sentence Lit, 2020)
• "I've Come Out, But That Doesn't Mean My Marriage is Over" (GO Mag, 2020)
• "How Porn Helped Me Find My Community" (The Bold Italic, 2020)
• "Mother’s Day" (Ponder Review, 2017)
• "Topography of a Scar" (The Manifest Station, 2017)
• "Bahamas Drive" (Bird's Thumb, 2016)
• "Glory Days" (Cactus Heart, 2016)
• "Songs and Street Corners" (Sugared Water, 2016)
• "On the Rocks" (Blotterature Literary Magazine, 2015)
• "Tongue-Tied" (Vagabond City, 2015)
• “Thicker Than Water” (South85, 2015)
• “Roots” (Red Savina Review, 2015)
• “When We Still Knew What it Meant to Be Kids” (Toasted Cheese, 2014) - Winner of A Midsummer Tale Narrative Contest