Maya Osman-Krinsky (Pork Belly Prayer; they/them) is a native New Yorker who writes about the relationships between language, food, and violence. Maya graduated with a BA in Linguistics from the University of Chicago in 2021 and is now pursuing a Masters in Public Health at Columbia University. Maya is a Pushcart nominee, was named runner-up in the 2020 Kurt Brown Prize for Creative Nonfiction, and participated in the 2021 Tin House Summer Workshop. Their writing can be found in Hinterland, Stone of Madness, Brevity, Bite Magazine, and Food Tank. Keep up with Maya on Twitter at @mokwrites

Maya's work appears in Issue 8 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.