Melis­sa Broder is the author of the nov­el The Pisces, the essay col­lec­tion So Sad Today and four poet­ry col­lec­tions, includ­ing Last Sext. She has writ­ten for The New York Times, Elle​.com, VICE, Vogue Italia, and New York magazine’s ​“The Cut.” Her poems have appeared in POET­RY, The Iowa Review, Tin House, and Guer­ni­ca, and she is the win­ner of a Push­cart Prize for poet­ry. She lives in Los Angeles.