Maryan Nagy Captan is a Coptic Egyptian-American writer, educator, and performance poet. Maryan is a Poetry Fellow at The Michener Center for Writers in Austin, TX and serves as the Marketing Director for Bat City Review. She is the author of copy/body (Empty Set Press, 2017) and an alumni of the Disquiet International Literary Program. Her work has appeared in The Egyptian Writers Folio (Anomaly Press), AJAR Journal, APIARY Magazine, Mantra Review, Boneless/Skinless, Sundog Lit, and elsewhere.