Julia Ridley Smith is the author of a memoir, The Sum of Trifles (University of Georgia Press, 2021). Essays from the book have appeared in Ecotone, the New England Review, and Southern Cultures, and been recognized as notable in The Best American Essays. Her fiction has been published in Alaska Quarterly Review, Electric Literature, The Southern Review, and elsewhere. Currently the 2021–22 Kenan Visiting Writer at UNC Chapel Hill, she previously taught writing and literature at UNC Greensboro. She also serves as a volunteer docent at the Weatherspoon Art Museum, where she's worked with learners of all ages to help them have fun while looking and writing in the galleries. Find her at juliaridleysmith.com and follow her @JuliaTrifles.