INSIGHT The body teeters on a fulcrum, one base pair away from disaster.
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How the Strands Sing
Sayuri Matsuura Ayers
Sayuri Matsuura Ayers is an essayist and poet from Columbus, Ohio. She is the author of three
poetry chapbooks and one nonfiction chapbook. Her essays have appeared in TriQuarterly, ANMLY,
Hippocampus Magazine, JOYLAND, the Florida Review, and elsewhere. Ayers' creative work has been supported by PEN America, Yaddo, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Kundiman,
the Ohio Arts Council, and the Greater Columbus Arts Council. Ayers earned her MFA in creative
nonfiction from Randolph College as a Blackburn Fellow. She teaches poetry and American
literature at the Columbus College of Art and Design. Find her on Instagram @sayuriayerswrites
