Heathen

Heathen (Heather Derr-Smith) is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop with an MFA in Poetry and the author of five books, most recently, Thrust (Persea Books, Winner of Lexi Rudnitsky Prize, 2018) and Outskirts (University of Akron Press, 2023). Their work has also been published in Prairie Schooner, Fence, and Missouri Review. She teaches Creative Writing at a high school in the Shenandoah Valley and likes to hike the Appalachian Trail, especially when the rhododendrons make a tunnel of blooms.