Mx. Talia Franks is a poet, writer, podcaster, and translator born and raised in Massachusetts. Talia writes regularly on Word for Sense and Other Stories and they are a contributor to These Bewitching Bonds: A Black Girls Create Anthology. Their work has appeared in Nerdist, the Black Girls Create Obsidian Archives, Brandeis University's Jaded and Ebony Axis, and Mass Poetry's The Hard Work of Hope. Talia is the host of the podcast Into the Archives and co-host of the Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Podcast. They are an alum of the Bread Loaf Translators' Conference and of the Columbia Publishing Course, and earned a Master of Arts in Comparative Humanities from Brandeis University. When not reading, writing, or translating Talia enjoys hiking, swimming, meditation, spending time with friends and family, indexing their personal library, and trying to find more time in their schedule to read. You can find Talia on Instagram and Twitter as @talia_franks and learn more about them at wordforsense.com.