Celia Rose is a poet and graduate student from Northern Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literary Studies with a minor in Race and Ethnicity from Eugene Lang College at The New School. Rose’s work primarily analyzes the relationship between pleasure and pain, the pervasiveness of violence in a world that serves/affirms white supremacist thought and action, and communal and individual responses to and interactions with psychological trauma. In terms of technique, Rose primarily utilizes, invents, and repurposes textual form, sound, and metaphor to build enthralling narratives, environments, and characterizations in their poetry. Rose’s poetry has been featured in Eleven and a Half Journal (Spring 2023) and exhibited in Eugene Lang College’s Dean’s Honor Symposium as well as performed in various venues around New York City and Virginia, such as Bowery Poetry Club and The Poetry Project. When Rose is not writing poetry they are thinking and talking about writing poetry, watching and analyzing horror films, and taking walks to clear their mind so they can write their next poem. Rose is currently working on their debut book of poetry The Martyr; they are seeking agent representation.