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Jeanann Verlee is the author of three books: prey, finalist for the Benjamin Saltman Award (Black Lawrence); Said the Manic to the Muse (Write Bloody); and Racing Hummingbirds, silver medal winner in the Independent Publisher Awards (Write Bloody). She has received a National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship, the Third Coast Poetry Prize, and the Sandy Crimmins National Prize. Her poems and essays are featured in numerous journals, including Academy of American Poets, Adroit, BuzzFeed, VIDA, and Muzzle. She served as poetry editor for Winter Tangerine Review and Union Station, among others. She is a copy editor working across genres, and has edited several award-winning books. A veteran of poetry slam, Verlee is a writing and performance coach who facilitates workshops remotely and at schools, theatres, libraries, bookstores, and dive bars across North America. She collects tattoos, kisses Rottweilers, and believes in you. Find her at jeanannverlee.com.