Yvette Viets Flaten has degrees in Spanish and history from the UW–Eau Claire. She writes fiction and poetry. Her poetry has appeared in the Wisconsin Academy Review, Hurricane Alice, Avocet, Free Verse, Midwest Review, Red Cedar, Barstow and Grand, and The Writer’s Almanac Pandemic Poetry Contest. Her short fiction has won awards in the Lakefly Writing Contest, and her pandemic short story, “La Pestilencia,” appeared in The London Reader. She lives in Eau Claire.
