Sam Heaps (they/them) is a genderqueer writer, organizer, and visual artist with an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Heaps’ debut essay collection, Proximity, was released from CLASH Books in 2023. They have received support from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the NES Artist Residency, and Tin House. Heaps teaches writing at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.