REBECCA ROTERT is a poetry editor for Magpie. Rebecca received her MA from Hollins College in Virginia where she was the recipient of the Academy of American Poets prize. Her work has appeared in Santa Clara Review, America magazine, and The New York Times, among others. The essay, Proteus on the Vasa was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her novel, Last Night at the Blue Angel, received the Friends of American Writers Award, the Nebraska Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Dublin International Literary Award. A collection of poems, All the Animals We Ever Were, was published in November 2017. Understory, a book-length poem, was published in 2020. Rotert lives in Omaha, NE.