Christian Teresi is a poet, essayist, and translator whose work has been published in many journals, including AGNI, the American Poetry Review, Blackbird, the Kenyon Review, the Literary Review, Literary Hub, Narrative, and Subtropics. What Monsters You Make of Them is his first collection. His work has been supported by a fellowship from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. He holds degrees from Binghamton University and George Mason University. Born in Albany, New York, he currently lives in Washington, DC, where he works on international education and public diplomacy initiatives.