About the Poet:

MAMIE MORGAN lives on Edisto Island, South Carolina, with her husband and their two dogs, Henrietta Modine and Wednesday Stewart. Her poems and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, Oxford American, Muzzle, Washington Square Review, Carolina Quarterly, Fish Barrel Review, Sixth Finch, Four Way Review, and elsewhere. Her first poetry collection, Everyone I’ve Danced With Is Dead, was published by JackLeg Press (2024). She also wrote a chapbook about her husband learning to draw during the pandemic. It is quite literally titled: My husband is learning to draw. Mamie waitresses and owns a small, inclusivity and sustainability focused bridal shop.