Lis P. Sipin-Gabon [formerly published as Melissa R. Sipin] is a writer hailing from Carson, CA. They've won fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Poets & Writers, Inc., and Kundiman, and their work has been published in Washington Square Review, Guernica Magazine, and Prairie Schooner, among others. They're hard at work on a novel inspired by their great-grandmother's capture in WWII Philippines and their recovery of repressed memories as a survivor of intergenerational trauma.