Kale Hensley is a poet and visual artist originally from the hills of West Virginia, now living in Texas with her wife and a menagerie of pets. Her writing, rooted in wonder, dissent, and a love of myth, has appeared in Gulf Coast, Evergreen Review, Epiphany, and other journals, with several nominations for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She is currently at work on plumb rotten, a collection of poetry, and Bloodfowl, a novel inspired by the life of St. Brigid of Kildare.

Alongside her creative work, Kale has taught writing and literature at four universities, including through the Fulbright Program abroad. She also serves as a reader for The Table Review, and has held roles as an editor, mentor, and event organizer. Her practice is shaped by the interplay of myth and memory, queerness and faith, always returning to the possibilities of language as a site of revision and wonder.