Yvette R. Murray will be reading selections from her chapbook "Hush, Puppy" forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. She received her B.A. in English from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has been published in Emrys Journal, The Petigru Review, Catfish Stew, A Gathering Together, Call and Response Journal and others. She is a 2021 Best New Poet selection, a 2021 Watering Hole Fellow, and a 2019 Pushcart Prize nominee. Ms Murray lives in Charleston, South Carolina. Find her on Twitter @MissYvettewrites.