Shelley Puhak is a writer who was born and raised in Maryland. The city of Baltimore figures prominently in Puhak's poems and essays, as both subject matter and image. 

Puhak's essays have appeared in The Atlantic, Creative Nonfiction, The Iowa Review, and Salon, been given Notable mentions in Best American Essays 2016 & 2017, and been reprinted in Best American Travel Writing 2017. Puhak is also the author of two poetry collections, the more… more