about

Talya Jankovits is the author of the novel The Very Unremarkable Life of Mrs. Etty Bloom (Running Wild Press, June 2026) and the poetry collection girl woman wife mother (Kelsay Books), which received First Place in Contemporary Poetry in the 2024 Bookfest Awards. Her essays, fiction, and poetry have been widely published. She is a multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee. She holds her MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University and resides in Chicago with her husband and four daughters.