Caroline Mei-Lin Mar is the great-granddaughter of a railroad laborer and the author of Special Education (Texas Review Press) and the chapbook Dream of the Lake (Bull City Press). Her second collection, Water Guest, is forthcoming from Wisconsin University Press in 2025. Carrie is a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, a member of Rabble Collective, and teaches high school health education in her hometown of San Francisco. She has been granted residencies at Hedgebrook, Ragdale, and Storyknife, among others, and is a member of the board of Friends of Writers.