Maya C. Popa is the author of Wound is the Origin of Wonder (W.W. Norton 2022; Picador 2023) and the chapbook Dear Life (Smith|Doorstop 2022), which was shortlisted for the Michael Marks Awards (UK). Wound is the Origin of Wonder has been featured in The Washington Post, The Harvard Review, Booklist, and elsewhere. Her newsletter, Poetry Today, was named a 2023 Substack Featured Publication.