Othodontia
by Allie Marini

Allie Marini is a Floridian ex-pat living in the Bay Area with her partner, who is a more successful poet but Allie’s not into name-dropping (Too L.A.). Allie’s written some books, been nominated for some prizes, & exists in a nightmarish hellscape of student loan debt for an MFA that she’ll likely never use. She prefers to write on a typewriter, thinks slam poetry is a legitimate art form, & yes, she has crooked teeth. Shut up, her mom says it gives her character.