Rennie (Renata) Ament is the author of Mechanical Bull, an Editor’s Choice selection published by CSU Poetry Center in October 2023. Her work has appeared in The Literary Review, Poetry Northwest, DIAGRAM, Sixth Finch, Colorado Review, West Branch, and other journals. She has been the runner-up for the Erskine J. Poetry Prize from Smartish Pace, winner of the Yellowwood Prize in Poetry from Yalobusha Review, and finalist for the Anzaldúa Poetry Prize from Newfound. A nominee for both the Pushcart Prize and Best New Poets, she has received support from Millay Arts, the Community of Writers, the Saltonstall Foundation, the New York State Summer Writers Institute, the Center for Book Arts, and the Vermont Studio Center. She lives in Maine.