Eileen Stillwell lives, creates, and rides the city bus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They started writing poetry as a return to joy in 2022. Eileen has been lucky enough to release chapbooks called A Body is an Agreement to Grieve (2024) and Other Small Heavens (2025) with the independent press, Now Eleanor's. They also have had their poetry spotlighted by pitymilk press, and have performed in a variety of different states. They worry about public health as a full-time job, and in their spare time can be found dancing in the living room with friends.