Deirdre Sugiuchi is an assistant editor at The Rumpus, a contributing writer at Electric Literature, and former public school librarian. Her essays and excerpts have been featured in Action, Spectacle, Literary Hub, Midwest Review, Salon, Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving  the Church, and other places. She recently completed Unreformed: A Captivity Narrative, a finalist in the 2025 International Creative Nonfiction Competition hosted by Vine Leaves Press, which will publish her memoir in 2027. Find her on Bluesky, Instagram, and Substack.