Julie Chappell

In her former life as a professor of medieval and early modern English literature and creative writing, Julie Chappell published six books of scholarship; a collection of her original poetry, Faultlines (Village Books Press, 2013); and other works. Her poetry and prose have appeared in a number of anthologies and journals including Concho River Review; Stone Renga; Speak Your Mind: Woody Guthrie Poets Celebrate Freedom of Speech 2019; and Bull Buffalo and Indian Paintbrush (The Poetry of Oklahoma). Since retiring in 2018, she has published two more collections of poetry, Mad Habits of a Life (Lamar University Literary Press, 2019) and As I Pirouette Away (Turning Plow Press, 2021). Her first collection of original short stories, Homecoming and Other Mythic Tales, was published by Fine Dog Press this year.