Stevie  Edwards
Poet     *     Teaching  Artist     *     Editor
"A thrilling debut of voice-driven poems from a poet wracked by her vision of the world as it is in all its lowly grit and open air."

-Jericho Brown
Author of Please
"When you read Stevie Edwards' words, every organ in your body will feel like it is shutting down...Edwards is taking all the oxygen with these poems...and it hurts so good."

-Mahogany L. Browne
Poet, Performer, & Publisher
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Photo Courtesy of Gillian Fry
"Here is the soundtrack to a young woman discovering her ability to be human, to be equal parts fucked up and beautiful."

-J.W. Basilo
 Author & Performer
"Stevie Edwards speaks unflinchingly—she faces love, desire, grief, loneliness, family, the world, without ever turning away, in a voice that’s vulnerable and raw, piercing and honest, crafted and bold.  These poems open with seeming simplicity, twist gracefully, and then leave us lyrically breathless."

-Helena Mesa 
Author of Horse Dance Underwater
Stevie Edwards currently resides in Ithaca, NY, where she is working toward completing an MFA in creative writing at Cornell University. Her first full-length collection of poetry, Good Grief, is forthcoming from Write Bloody Publishing in April 2012. She is the editor-in-chief of MUZZLE Magazine, editor of 4th & Verse Books, assistant editor of EPOCH, and a proud alumna of Chicago's Real Talk Avenue. Her work has appeared in several literary journals, including Rattle, Thieves Jargon, Union Station, Night Train, PANK, Word Riot, and decomP.