Aaron Banks is a poet born and raised in Rochester, NY, where he lives with his wife and two daughters. He received an MFA from Warren Wilson in 2022 and has attended the Bread Loaf Writers Conference as both a participant (2024) and as a member of the administrative staff (2025 &2026). He currently works at the University of Rochester as the Academic Writing Specialist for the David T. Kearns Center, with a focus of the McNair Scholars Program. Some of his work has been published in Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, A Dozen Nothing, Leavings Literary Magazine, Zócalo Public Square, and The Swannanoa Review.