Lacy Johnson describes herself as a professor, curator, and activist. She has been lauded for The Reckonings (Scribner, 2018), The Other Side (Tin House, 2014), and Trespasses: A Memoir (University of Iowa Press, 2012). She is co-editor, with Cheryl Beckett, of More City Than Water: A Houston Flood Atlas (University of Texas Press, 2022) and teaches creative nonfiction in the Rice University English department. (Spring 2025)