Connor Watkins-Xu

Connor Watkins-Xu holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland and a BA from Baylor University. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Ploughshares, North American Review, Gargoyle, Door = Jar, Hawaii Pacific Review, MAYDAY, storySouth,and elsewhere. His manuscript has been named a semifinalist for the Berkshire Prize and The Brittingham and Felix Pollak Prizes in Poetry. Originally from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, he lives with his wife in Seattle. He’d love to hear from you @connorwatkinsxu on Instagram or at connorwatkinsxu.com.