Despite being from Louisiana, Arden Eli Hill has never wrestled an alligator, only a kangaroo. Arden holds a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a specialization in Women and Gender Studies and an MFA from Hollins University. Arden has published in Willow Springs, Western Humanities Review, Kaleidoscope, Breath and Shadow, the Lambda Literary award-winning anthology First Person Queer, its sequel, Second Person Queer, Hip Mama, “The Wellesley Review” and “Strange Horizons.” Arden’s first chapbook, Bloodwater Parish, an exploration of race, gender, sexuality, and adoption in southern Louisiana is forthcoming from Seven Kitchens Press. In case you are still thinking about the kangaroo, Arden won.