ABOUT

Maya Osman-Krinsky (they/them) is a native New Yorker who writes about the relationships between language, food, and violence. Maya graduated in 2021 with their B.A. in Linguistics from the University of Chicago and  will begin their Masters in Public Health at Columbia University this fall. Maya is a Pushcart nominee and was named runner-up in the 2020 Kurt Brown Prize for Creative Nonfiction; they also participated in the 2021 Tin House Summer Workshop, 2015 Iowa Young Writers' Studio, 2016 Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop, and Writopia Lab workshops. Maya's writing is published or forthcoming in Hinterland Nonfiction, Stone of Madness, Brevity, Bite Magazine, and Food Tank. When they're not writing, Maya can be found rock climbing, playing the drums on household objects, or making a mess in the kitchen.