Shir Kehila is a freelance writer and translator based on Mount Desert Island, Maine. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Off Assignment, Michigan Quarterly Review, and the anthology Here for All the Reasons (Turner Publishing, 2026), among others. She holds an MFA from Columbia and received scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Tin House Summer Workshop, and the Monson Arts Residency, as well as the 2025 Harpur Palate Creative Nonfiction Award.
