CALEDONIA KEARNS

was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts. She received a BA in Women’s Studies from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and an MFA from Hunter College. She is the editor of two anthologies of Irish American women’s writing, Cabbage and Bones and Motherland. Her poems have appeared in Drunken Boat, Painted Bride Quarterly and Natural Bridge, among others. She has contributed essays and articles to publications including The Awl, The Boston Globe, and The Hairpin.. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Instagram: @caledoniakearns