Mary's poem "Pomegranate" is in featured in Poetry Foundation's PoetryNow radio series!
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Mary Cisper, MFA Poetry '15
Mary Cisper graduated from Saint Mary’s College in 2015 with an MFA in Poetry. Soon enough, she expects to be living in New Mexico. Her poetry has appeared in Lana Turner, Field, Water-Stone Review, and other places. She is also co-author of a bunch of analytical chemistry papers involving ion trap mass spectrometers. Mary's News: Mary's poem "Pomegranate" is in featured in Poetry Foundation's PoetryNow radio series! Mary was recently interviewed by Newfound about her collection, DARK TUSSOCK MOTH. Mary will be participating in the Studio One Reading Series with Jane Lin and Iris Jamahl Dunkle on October 6th at 7:30pm at Studio One Art Center in Oakland. A huge congratulations to Mary Cisper who is the winner of the 2016 Trio Award out of Trio House Press for her poetry collection, DARK TUSSOCK MOTH Mary reviewed Lisa Fishman's 24 Pages and other poems for OmniVerse! Mary's poems "Durga On Her Brass Lion" and "The Coy Heart" were published in Issue 56 of Hayden's Ferry Review. She is also in the Contributor Spotlight. Mary's poems "Epic Walked Brokenly (Approaching Piute Pass)" and "Conness Creek, Yosemite" were published in Terrain. To read Mary's work click here. Newfound Volume 5, Issue 2: "Calligraphies," "Vase of Red Tulips," and "Planet Pulled toward Something Moon-Like." To read these poems click here.