Bio

Ron Riekki's books include U.P. (Ghost Road Press), Posttraumatic (Hoot 'n' Waddle), and the upcoming My Ancestors are Reindeer Herders and I Am Melting in Extinction (Loyola University Maryland's Apprentice House Press, 2019) and i have been warned not to write about this (Main Street Rag, 2020). Riekki co-edited Undocumented (Michigan State University Press) and The Many Lives of The Evil Dead (McFarland), and edited And Here (MSU Press), Here (MSU Press, Independent Publisher Book Award), and The Way North (Wayne State University Press, Michigan Notable Book). He has anthologies upcoming with Edinburgh University Press, McFarland, MSU Press, and WSU Press.

the student counselor asked, "Can you tell me about your trauma?" She waited.
Can I tell you about my trauma? No.
Yes. I can and can't.
I can't speak
on demand.
Told
to
dance.
Now! Go!
Begin your story.
The tape recorder is on.
My pen is ready. I've had my lunch.
I'm ready to hear your story. I don't look it, but I am.