Will Russo is a poet and editor, born and raised in New York City and currently based in Chicago.

He graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School, received his BA from Emory University and his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

In 2019, he attended the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

He serves as Poetry Editor at Great Lakes Review.