Grace McNair

Artist Statement

I'm working on a full-length poetry collection that grapples with reproductive health histories and considers my life and work in healthcare in context of historical figures in midwifery, the records they left behind, and material culture, such as art, birth control, obstetric instruments, etc. I’m particularly interested in bringing archival knowledge/historically marginalized perspectives into dialogue with contemporary reproductive health concerns.

My micro-chapbook (Inch #52) published by Bull City Press in September, 2022.

Bio

Grace MacNair is a poet, teacher, and healthcare professional living in Brooklyn, NY. She was selected by Yona Harvey as the winner of Radar Poetry's 2021 Coniston Prize and by Safia Elhillo as the winner of Palette Poetry's 2022 Emerging Poet Prize. She has received residencies and fellowships from Ragdale, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Monson Arts, the Carolyn Moore Writers House, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and Bread Loaf Translators' Conference. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Threepenny Review, Radar Poetry, Palette Poetry, The Missouri Review, Best New Poets 2022, and elsewhere. Grace's micro-chapbook, "Even As They Curse Us," is available from Bull City Press.

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