Tina Carlson is a poet living in New Mexico. She is the author of three previously published collections of poetry: Ground, Wind, This Body (UNM Press, 2017) and, We Are Meant to Carry Water (3: A Taos Press), a collaboration with 2 other NM poets. A Guide to Tongue Tie Surgery was published in August, 2023. Her chapbook, Obsidian is due out in 2024 by Dancing Girl Press.