Emily Jean McCollister Goldsmith is a Cajun poet from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She received her BA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing and a minor in entrepreneurship from Louisiana State University. She is currently a second year MFA Candidate in Creative Writing, the Editor of New Limestone Review, and a graduate instructor teaching English 107.

Her work has appeared in Entropy, Fine Print, YesPoetry, Witch Craft Magazine and is forthcoming in Vagabond City Lit and Variety Pack.