Betsy Fagin is the author of Fires Seen From Space (Winter Editions), All is Not Yet Lost (Belladonna*), and Names Disguised (Make Now Books). Self-driving, chosen by Kazim Ali as winner of the 2024 Autumn House Poetry Prize, is forthcoming in 2025. Her work has received support from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Provincetown Community Compact, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She works as a librarian and a meditation teacher in New York City, helping people navigate complexity.