Vicki Mayk is a writer, editor, and teacher whose work has appeared in the Brevity Blog, Cleaver, Hippocampus, Literary Mama, The Manifest-Station, Bending Genres, the anthology Air and others. Her narrative nonfiction book, Growing Up on the Gridiron: Football, Friendship and the Tragic Life of Owen Thomas, was published by Beacon Press. She teaches nonfiction writing workshops and co-leads an annual writing retreat at the Jersey shore. Catch up with her at https://vickimayk.com/