Tana Jean Welch

Tana Jean Welch is an associate professor of medical humanities at Florida State University's College of Medicine and a poet whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Southern Review, and other national literary journals. She is the author of 'Latest Volcano,' winner of the 2015 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize, and her recent book 'In Parachutes Descending' was released in January 2024. Welch was born and raised in Fresno, California, and currently lives in Tallahassee, Florida.