Samantha MoeSam Moe received a PhD in Creative Writing from Illinois State University (2023) and an MFA in Creative Writing from Converse College (2019). Sam has received residencies from VCCA and Château d'Orquevaux. She is the recipient of a 2023 St. Joe Commuity Foundation Poetry Fellowship from Longleaf Writers Conference and a workshop scholarship from the Keywest Literary Seminar. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming from Whale Road Review, The Indianapolis Review, Sundog Lit, and others. She is a third-generation Ecuadorian-American with publications in Spanish and English. Her first full-length collection, Heart Weeds, was published with Alien Buddha Press (Sept. '22) and her second full-length collection Grief Birds was published with Bullshit Lit (Apr. '23). Her third full-length Cicatrizing the Daughters is forthcoming from FlowerSong Press. You can find her on X and Instagram as @SamAnneMoe. Read More Read Less