Stephanie Ginese is an author, instructor, and stand-up comedian from South Lorain, Ohio. Her work has been featured in Las Palabritas Journal at Harvard University, The Pinch Journal at University of Memphis, Wax Nine Journal, and elsewhere. Her debut collection of poetry, Unto Dogs, was released in July of 2022 on Grieveland. She is the inaugural writer-in-residence at ATNSC and a 2023 Cleveland Arts Prize recipient. Currently, she lives in Cleveland with her two children. She can be found at www.sginese.com or on Sundays at Dunlap’s Corner Bar where she co-hosts the Con Tú Variety Show with TJ “Peachcurls” Maclin.