Bleah Patterson is a queer, southern poet from Texas. A current PhD student at the University of North Texas, much of her work explores the contention between identity and home. Her creative and academic work have been supported by organizations like Sundress Academy for the Arts, Vermont Studio Center, Bethany Arts Community, Tin House, and SWWIMM Residency at The Betsy. Her work has also been featured or is forthcoming in various journals including Write or Die, Electric Literature, Pinch, Grist, The Laurel Review, Phoebe Literature, The Rumpus, and Taco Bell Quarterly. Her WORM GIRL chapbook trilogy including, THE INFLUENCERS ARE GASLIGHTING US (2024); I'M NOT A WORM, I'M JUST A GIRL (2025); and MANIC PIXIE AMERICAN DREAM (2026) were published by Bottlecap Press.