Bryn Gribben is a poet and essayist living in Seattle with two cats and a guy. She was a 2021 finalist for the Porch Prize in nonfiction, a Pushcart nominee for her essay “Cabin,” among other publications. Bryn left academia for a job in antiques and loves the living relationships that exist among objects of the past. Otherwords Press released her memoir, Amplified Heart: An Emotional Discography, in July 2022, the week of her wedding.