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​Morrow Dowdle (they/she) is the author of the chapbook Hardly (Bottlecap Press, 2024), the forthcoming chapbook Missing Woman (Charlotte Lit Press, 2026), and the forthcoming debut full-length poetry collection Heartsick Requiem (Riot in Your Throat, 2026). Morrow's poems have been featured or are forthcoming in Rattle, New York Quarterly, Southeast Review, Stonecoast Review, The Baltimore Review, Pedestal Magazine, ONE ART, and I-70 Review. They have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, the 2024 Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize, and other awards. Their literary influences include Sharon Olds, Dorianne Laux, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Brian Teare, Kim Addonizio, Eduardo C. Corral, Kwame Dawes, Li-Young Lee, Chris Abani, Chen Chen, Ocean Vuong​, Gregory Orr, Shara McCallum, Destiny Hemphill, AE Hines, Anne Sexton, Ursula LeGuin, and the Brontë sisters, to name a few. 

 

Morrow edits poetry for Sunspot Literary Journal and is a reader  for Litmosphere and Good River Review. They run a monthly performance series, “Weave & Spin,” which features historically marginalized voices. Morrow has curated art exhibitions since 2010, often bringing visual and literary work together. A former physician assistant, they now work as a creative consultant and administrative assistant for NC Public Art. They are currently pursuing their creative writing MFA at Spalding University and live in Durham, NC.

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Please email morrowdowdlepoetry@gmail.com for a complete resume.