About Missy
Poet Missy Brownson resides in Georgetown, KY, and works in Frankfort as the associate director for communications and outreach for an educational agency. Missy's chapbook Hush Candy was published by Broadstone Books in 2018. In 2021, Missy's poetry appeared alongside the visual art of Melissa T. Hall in two exhibits at the Lexington Art League, Memento Mori and Pandemia; full-color catalogs featuring these poems and images were published by Broadstone Books. In 2023, Broadstone Books published an expanded (full-length), second edition of Hush Candy, which includes all poems from the original chapbook and Memento Mori. Missy holds a BA in English from Earlham College and an MS in Instructional Design and Learning Technology from Eastern Kentucky University; she also participated in the Murray State University MFA program. Her work has appeared in The Lumberyard Magazine, The Louisville Review, Open 24 Hours and The Heartland Review, and has been distributed via the email poetry service of tweetspeakpoetry.com, Every Day Poems. Missy lives with her good husband and some bad cats.
