Maw Shein Win’s most recent poetry collection is Percussing the Thinking Jar (Omnidawn, 2024). Her previous book, Storage Unit for the Spirit House (Omnidawn), was nominated for the Northern California Book Award in Poetry and longlisted for the PEN America Open Book Award. She is the inaugural poet laureate of El Cerrito, CA. Win’s previous collections include Invisible Gifts and two chapbooks, Ruins of a glittering palace and Score and Bone. Along with Dawn Angelicca Barcelona and Mary Volmer, she is a co-founder of Maker, Mentor, Muse, a new literary community.