Whitney Koo is the author of Any Gesture (Black Lawrence Press, 2026). Her work has appeared in Poetry Magazine, Georgia Review, the Los Angeles Review, Colorado Review, and others. She holds a PhD in English from Oklahoma State University and an MFA from the University of Colorado Boulder. Whitney is the executive editor of Gasher Press, co-director of Boor Soirée, and professor of English in the Honors College at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada.