Taisia Kitaiskaia is the author of four books: The Nightgown and Other Poems; two volumes of Ask Baba Yaga advice; and Literary Witches: A Celebration of Magical Women Writers, a collaboration with artist Katy Horan. Her fiction has appeared in journals such as McSweeney’s, A Public Space, Virginia Quarterly Review, and American Short Fiction. Her story, “Engelond,” was chosen by Lauren Groff for the Best American Short Stories 2024. She is the recipient of fellowships from the James A. Michener Center for Writers, The Corporation of Yaddo, and MacDowell. She will teach the First Year Seminar and Literature of Creatureliness at MCW for the Fall 2025 semester.