Massachusetts Statewide Poetry Calendar 2

DeMisty D. Bellinger has published two books of poetry, Rubbing Elbows (2017, Finishing Line Press), and her new book, Peculiar Heritage (2021, Mason Jar Press). A writer of fiction and creative non-fiction as well, her work has appeared in many literary journals and magazines, including Necessary Fiction, Modern Poetry Quarterly Review, Kweli, The Ekphrastic Review, Diverse Voices Quarterly, Eureka Literary Magazine, and Forklift, Ohio. Her poetry, fiction, and essays have also been included in the anthologies From the Ashes: An International Anthology of Womxn’s Poetry, Best Small Fictions 2019, Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse, and Teacher Voice: An Anthology of Writing by Teachers. She is a poetry editor at Malarkey Books, an alumni reader at Prairie Schooner, and has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the Vermont Studio Center, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and The Marge Piercy Intensive Poetry Workshop. DeMisty D. Bellinger teaches creative writing, African-American studies, and women, gender, and sexuality studies at Fitchburg State University. For more information and links to work by DeMisty D. Bellinger, see https://creativewritingmcc.wordpress.com/mcc-visiting-writers-series/