Bright Shade (Apr/Honickman First Book Prize)

About the Author

Chelsea Harlan was born and raised in Appalachia. She holdsa BA in Literature and Visual Art from Bennington College, as well as an MFA inPoetry from Brooklyn College. Her chapbook Mummy, written in collaboration withLondon-based painter Daisy Parris, was released by Montez Press in 2019, andher chapbook Country Music was released from Two Plum Press. She received the2021 Robert Watson Literary Award from The Greensboro Review for her poem "SomeSunlight," and she received the 2019-2020 Mikrokosmos Poetry Prize for her poem"Grimaldo's Chair," selected by sam sax.