Emily Tristan Jones has been published in The Puritan, Harvard Review, Denver Quarterly, Vallum, Dalhousie Review, and other journals. Her first book of poetry, Buttercup, will be published by Verge Books (Chicago, 2024). She is an alumna of the Banff Centre for the Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and University of Chicago. She is the founder of Hermes Gallery (Halifax) and has curated exhibitions for the Dalhousie Art Gallery (Dalhousie University), Current Space (Baltimore), and elsewhere. Her own art has been distributed by Vtape and exhibited internationally. Emily lives in Montreal, where she edits Columba (poetry chapbooks and online quarterly) and facilitates poetry workshops for youth.