Emily Patterson

Emily Patterson’s poetry is published or soon to appear in Christian Century, SWWIM Every Day, North American Review, CALYX, The Penn Review, Cordella Magazine, NELLE, and elsewhere. Her debut full-length collection, The Birth of Undoing, is forthcoming with Sheila-Na-Gig Editions in 2025. She is also the author of three chapbooks, including So Much Tending Remains (Kelsay Books, 2022), To Bend and Braid (Kelsay Books, 2023), and haiku at 5:38 a.m. (Bottlecap Press, 2024). Her work has been recognized and honored by Sundress Publications, Sweet Lit, and Whale Road Review, and her poem “Small is the Seed” (Tyger Tyger Magazine, 2024) was set to music by composer Katerina Gimon and premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2025. Emily received her B.A. in English from Ohio Wesleyan University, where she was awarded the Marie Drennan Prize for Poetry, and her M.A. in Education from The Ohio State University. She works as an editor and lives with her family in Columbus, Ohio. Read more at emilypattersonpoet.com.