Jared Lemus is Latinx writer and recipient of the Nordan-Kinder Award in fiction. His short stories and essays have appeared in The Pinch, The Kenyon Review Online, PANK, Cleaver, and Joyland, among others, and are forthcoming in Story, Kweli, and The Cimarron Review. He is an MFA graduate from the University of Pittsburgh, where he completed his first novel and short story collection. You can find him at JaredLemus.com or on instagram at @writerjaredlemus