Sophie Klahr was born in Pittsburgh, PA. She is the author of the chapbook (Blank) Versus Recovery (Pilot Books, 2007). Her poetry appears in places such as Ploughshares, The Rumpus, The Normal School, The Offending Adam, and TYPO. Her photography has appeared in group gallery shows; collaborative projects include creating scenic texts with inFluxdance, for their original work, An Absence of Fences.  She holds a BFA in Writing, Literature, and Publishing from Emerson College, She currently lives in Texas, where she is an MFA candidate at the University of Houston, and teaches at the High School for Visual and Performing Arts. She is the chief poetry editor for Gigantic Sequins.                                                                                   She is not made of steel.