Catherine Pierce is the author of The Tornado Is the World, The Girls of Peculiar, and Famous Last Words (all from Saturnalia Books), as well as of a chapbook, Animals of Habit (Kent State University Press). Her poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies, including The Best American...
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Catherine Pierce is the author of The Tornado Is the World, The Girls of Peculiar, and Famous Last Words (all from Saturnalia Books), as well as of a chapbook, Animals of Habit (Kent State University Press). Her poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies, including The Best American Poetry, Slate, Boston Review, Ploughshares, and FIELD. Originally from Delaware, she now lives in Starkville, Mississippi, where she co-directs the creative writing program at Mississippi State University. Author website: www.catherinepierce.net(photo by Megan Bean)
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