Mary Simmons

Mary Simmons is a queer poet from Cleveland, Ohio, with an MFA from Bowling Green State University. There she was managing editor of Mid-American Review. Her debut poetry collection, Mother, Daughter, Augur, was published by June Road Press and drew attention as a Foreword INDIES finalist and a Lit Fox Poetry Prize winner. Reviewers describe its mythic, gothic, and queer themes. Her poems have appeared in The Baltimore Review, Phoebe, Lake Effect, Moon City Review, and Midwest Review. She also reads poetry submissions for Silly Goose Press.