Bleah Patterson (she/her) was born and raised in Texas. She is a poet exploring generational and religious trauma. A current MFA candidate at Sam Houston State University, her work in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, book reviews, and interviews have been featured or are forthcoming in The Brazos River Review; The Texas Review; Fifth Wheel Press; Anti-Heroine Chic; Ghost Girl Zine; the tide rises, the tide falls; The Hyacinth Review; and elsewhere