art by Robinson Accola
Catherine Pierce is the author of three books of poems: The Tornado Is the World (forthcoming from Saturnalia in 2016), The Girls of Peculiar (Saturnalia 2012), and Famous Last Words (Saturnalia 2008). Her work has appeared in The Best American Poetry, Best New Poets, Slate, Boston Review, Ploughshares, FIELD, and elsewhere. She co-directs the creative writing program at Mississippi State University.
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