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Chelsea B. DesAutels

Chelsea B. DesAutels

Chelsea B. DesAutels is the author of A Dangerous Place (Sarabande Books), which was named a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Her work appears in Copper Nickel, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, and elsewhere, and has been featured on The Slowdown podcast. Recently, Chelsea’s work has been supported by fellowships to Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and Yaddo. She is the founder of Freshwater Writing and lives with her family in Minneapolis. Learn about online writing circles and in-person retreats such as The Joy Retreat: Five Days of Writing Toward Delight—more info at chelseabdesautels.com/freshwater-writing. (Source)

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Poems by Chelsea B. DesAutels

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City Lake by Chelsea B. DesAutels

“What was I waiting for? Frogs to rain from the sky? / A great love?” — Chelsea B. DesAutels

Poems curated by Chelsea B. DesAutels

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feet by Ross Gay

“I am trying, I think, to forgive myself / for something I don't know what.” — Ross Gay