Lara Messersmith-Glavin

Lara Messersmith-Glavin is the author of the award-winning essay collection Spirit Things and the forthcoming fantasy novel RUINER (2026, AK Press), the first in the Tellers series, where storytelling is combat magic and ordinary people must fight against exploitation and environmental destruction. She lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she writes both nonfiction and speculative work, teaches creative writing, coaches movement practices for all bodies, and serves on the editorial collective of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory magazine, the journal of the Institute for Anarchist Studies. While her true loves include forests, crows, and tide pools, she also collects languages, patterns, and magical objects.