I can now officially share I’m a Contributing Editor of Barren Magazine! I’m so very excited and grateful to be added to the masthead of my favorite literary journal.

My poem, “Flood Diorama” was published in Barren Issue 5 and is in my book, Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot.
Published by V. C. McCabe
V.C. McCabe is an Appalachian poet and the author of Ophelia (Femme Salvé Books, 2023) and Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2019). She has edited for Barren Magazine, the New International Voices series (Ice Floe Press), and Frontier Poetry. Her work appears in ekphrastic exhibits and journals worldwide, including EPOCH, Poet Lore, and Prairie Schooner. Her website is vcmccabe.com.
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