Kim Jacobs-Beck grew up in metro Detroit and now lives in Ohio. She is the author of Luminaries, (Milk & Cake Press), and a chapbook,Torch (Wolfson Press). Her poems can be found in Museum of Americana, Great Lakes Review, West Trestle Review, Apple Valley Review, and SWWIM, among others. Her frequent reviews of poetry collections are in Rhino, Muzzle, Fence/Constant Critic, Barrelhouse, The Rumpus, Crab Creek Review and others. She teaches at the University of Cincinnati Clermont.