Billy Lezra is an MFA candidate in nonfiction at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who has contributed work to Electric Literature, The Washington Post, CNN, Insider, TODAY, The Independent, HuffPost, and elsewhere. They are currently writing a reported memoir that queers memory and intergenerational addiction. Their work has been supported by Tin House, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, the Los Angeles Review of Books’ Publishing Workshop, and LAMBDA Literary. They are the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Rough Cut Press, a monthly magazine that publishes voices from the LGBTQIA community. You can reach Billy here or on Instagram @b.lezra.