Read the winning piece of our 2025 Nonfiction Contest “Through the Mirror” by Jessie Cato selected by Lucy Ives.

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grace (ge) gilbert

grace (ge) gilbert (they/them) is a poet, writer, and collage artist. They received their MFA in poetry from the University of Pittsburgh in 2022, where they now teach. They are the author of Holly (YesYes Books, 2026), a hybrid image and text book about the 1976 murder of their paternal grandmother, as well as three chapbooks: the closeted diaries (Porkbelly Press, 2022), NOTIFICATIONS IN THE DARK (Antenna, 2023), and today is an unholy suite (Barrelhouse, 2024). Their work can be found in 2023’s Best of the Net anthology, Indiana Review, Ninth Letter, Adroit, and elsewhere. They teach hybrid collage and poetics courses at Brooklyn Poets, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, and other institutions.