Amanda Parrish Morgan is a former high school English teacher who lives in Connecticut with her husband and two children. She is working on a collection of essays examining motherhood through literature, some of which have appeared in n+1, The Rumpus, The Millions, Electric Literature, Carve, The American Scholar, and the Ploughshares blog. Amanda’s shorter pieces about family and running can be found at The Washington Post, Real Simple, Women’s Running, and ESPNW.