Alyse Knorr is an Associate Professor of English at Regis University, co-producer of the Sweetbitter podcast, and co-editor of Switchback Books. She is the author of the poetry collections Every Last Thing (2025); Wolf Tours (2024); Ardor (2023), a Lambda Literary Award finalist; Mega-City Redux (2017); Copper Mother (2016); and Annotated Glass (2013). She also authored the video game history books GoldenEye (2022) and Super Mario Bros. 3 (2016) and four poetry chapbooks. Her work has appeared in The New Republic, POETRY Magazine, Alaska Quarterly Review, Denver Quarterly, and The Georgia Review, among others. Her lyrics have been performed at Carnegie Hall and her poetry is permanently installed on a wall of the New York City Public Library’s East Harlem branch. She is a teacher of students aged 8 to 80, and received her MFA from George Mason University.