"Labor," Megan Alpert

The theme for September is "Labor," and the featured guest is Megan Alpert. Megan Alpert grew up in the suburbs of New York City and has since lived in St. Paul, Seattle, Boston, Washington, DC, and Quito, Ecuador. She is the recipient of an Orlando Poetry Prize from A Room of Her Own Foundation and residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, The Studios at MASS MoCA, and the Marquette Chamber Residency. As a journalist, she has received fellowships from Foreign Policy and the International Women’s Media Foundation. Her first poetry collection, The Animal at Your Side, was published by Airlie Press in 2020. To read more, visit meganalpert.com