Jessica Baran is the author of the poetry collections Remains to be Used (Apostrophe Books, 2010) , Equivalents (winner of the Besmilr Brigham Women Writers Award, Lost Roads Press, 2013), Common Sense (Lost Roads Press, 2016) as well as the poetry chapbook, Late and Soon, Getting and Spending, produced by All Along Press (2011). She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.