Amy Lawless is the author of two books of poems including My Dead (Octopus Books). Her next poetry collection Broadax is forthcoming from Octopus Books. An audio chapbook from Broadax is out on Black Cake Records. She has been interviewed about her work in Interview Magazine and the Otherppl Podcast with Brad Listi. A collaborative multimedia prose chapbook co-authored with Chris Cheney is forthcoming from Pioneer Works. She grew up in Boston and lives in Brooklyn.