Julie Sumner is a writer who has worked as a critical care nurse, liver transplant coordinator, and massage therapist. She now teaches creative writing, focusing on reading poetry and writing as ways to develop resilience. Her poems and book reviews have appeared in Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, Delta Poetry Review, Trampoline, and elsewhere. Her chapbook, Meridian, was chosen by poet Jane Hirshfield as the winner of the 2023 Wildhouse Poetry Prize.
You can follow her on IG: @juliesumnerpoetry