George Franklin is the author of seven poetry collections, including the recent What the Angel Saw, What the Saint Refused (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions). He has published reviews of poetry in Verse, Cultural Daily, and Revista Litoral. He received an MFA in Poetry from Columbia University and a PhD in English & American Literature from Brandeis University. He practices law in Miami, is a translations editor for Cagibi and a guest editor for Sheila-Na-Gig Online, teaches poetry workshops in Florida prisons, and co-translated, along with the author, Ximena Gómez’s Último día/Last Day. In 2023, he was the first prize winner of the W.B. Yeats Poetry Prize, and his poetry has been featured on the public radio podcast The Slowdown. His website: https://gsfranklin.com/