Jordan E. Franklin hails from Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA from Stony Brook Southampton and a PhD from Binghamton University. She is the author of the poetry collection, when the signals come home (Switchback Books, 2021), and the chapbook, boys in the electric age (Tolsun Books, 2021). Her work has appeared in Frontier, SWWIM, the Southampton Review, Torch Literary Arts, and elsewhere. Her second poetry collection, make it to the end (of the movie), a 2025 Blessing the Boats selection, will be published by BOA Editions in Fall 2027.