Jason Barry holds a Master’s in Applied Linguistics from the University of Oxford and an MFA in Creative Writing from Boston University. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in 32 Poems, Barrow Street, Literary Matters, Subtropics, Cimarron Review, The Cortland Review, Poetry Ireland Review, Bad Lilies, Thrush Poetry Journal, Poet Lore, and elsewhere. His chapbook, Fossil & Wing (Dos Madres Press), won the 2023 Wil Mills Award at the West Chester University Poetry Center and his poem, “Metro-North,” was selected by the United States Poet Laureate Ada Limón to feature on The Slowdown, a podcast supported by American Public Media and the Poetry Foundation. He has been offered artist scholarships and grants from Poetry by the Sea, Boston University, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.