Jaden Ellison is a poet and nonfiction essayist from Huntington, WV, currently enrolled as an M.F.A. student at Syracuse University. He graduated from Marshall University with a B.A. in Creative Writing, where he served as Head Poetry Editor for Et Cetera, and received various departmental awards for his creative work. His writerly fixations often consist of linguistic / visual experimentation, ecological / social issues, family history, queer experiences, and Appalachian life.