Abe Louise Young

Abe Louise Young is a poet, educator, and social justice activist from New Orleans who lives in Austin, Texas. A Smith College alumna, she holds an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin. Her poetry chapbook Heaven to Me was published by Headmistress Press in 2016. Young has won the Grolier Poetry Prize and the Vilcek Prize from Bellevue Literary Review, among other awards. Her poems and essays have appeared in Witness, Verse Daily, Narrative Magazine, and The Nation. She has also led community writing workshops in more than 30 states.