Kira Compton is bad at writing bios, as well as several more important things. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the USM Center for Writers. She received her MFA from Boise State University, where she served as associate editor of the Idaho Review. She's a 2026 McCormack Writing Center Scholar, a 2024 Sun Valley Writers' Conference Fellow, and a 2024 and 2026 Hemingway Society Hinkle Scholar. Her fiction, translations, interviews, and other scribblings have been published in places like The Idaho Review, The Florida Review, The Hemingway Review, Creative Nonfiction, Moon City Review, Saranac Review, hex literary, and others. Her legitimate interests are fiction writing and filmmaking. Her  illegitimate interests are a secret. 
 
If you're a writer or someone who supports writing, check out the McCormack Writing Center. It single-handedly rebooted my writing life. 
If you're visiting from Mississippi, check out the MPAEP or Homegrown.
If you're visiting from Idaho, check out Death Rattle or Boise Kitchen Collective.
If you're visiting from New York, check out Writers With Attitude. 
If you're visiting from Massachusetts, check out 826Boston or the MIRA Coalition. 
If you're visiting from Colorado, check out the Durango Food Bank. 


Most of the photos on this site were taken by dear friends Adam Ray Wagner, Lena Walker, and Elanor Spring.