Morgan English is a poet and critic. Her work is featured in a Rizzoli monograph on the artist Emily Mason, and she received the 2021 Editor’s Award in Poetry from The Florida Review. She holds an MFA in poetry and nonfiction from the Bennington Writing Seminars, and a BA in creative writing from Florida State University. Originally from North Florida, she now lives in Southern Vermont.
Contact: morganenglishwrites@gmail.com
“The speaker of Morgan English’s “Your Bitter Girl,” our showstopper of a winner in a poetry, summons Federico Garcia Lorca’s “Romance Sonámbulo” but turns the ballad into a rant: “ I’m sick of clothing myself in someone else’s labor / and calling that self worth.” I read it as a poem of resistance, in which resistance itself is beautiful, even poetic: “Let me rustle like a meadow until I’m gone.” —The Florida Review

Emily Mason: Unknown to Possibility
The first comprehensive survey of a singular voice in New York abstraction, showcasing Mason’s audacious explorations in color and intuitive command of form.

2021 Editors’ Award in Poetry, The Florida Review

St. Petersburg Review Launch Party @ Unnameable Books
