K. Avvirin Gray’s poem “Discuss.” was a semifinalist for the 2019 Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry and appears in the Fall 2019 issue of Beloit Poetry Journal. Her poetry has also appeared in Women’s Studies Quarterly. She is a fifth year doctoral candidate in American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, and holds a Master of Arts in American Indian Studies from UCLA. Avvirin is a native New Yorker and adoptive Los Angelena.