Kelly A Harrison

Kelly A. Harrison, MFA, teaches at Stanford University and is an Emerita Lecturer from San José State University. She’s currently the Director of Digital Publications and a board member at Calyx Press, Inc. She also manages Tangents, the academic journal for Stanford's MLA program. She's the former Associate Editor for West Trade Review where she edited two pieces that made the American Best Essays series (print and honorable mention). She started her editing career as the Managing Editor at Reed magazine. She edited West Winds Centennial, a collection of works by the California Writers Club, for which she won the Ina Coolbrith service award. Her creative works have appeared in literary journals and anthologies, including Hidden Compass, TWO@SJSU, REED, and Celebrate Creativity. She loves traveling.