JEANANN VERLEE is author of Said the Manic to the Muse and award-winning Racing Hummingbirds. She has been awarded the Third Coast Poetry Prize and the Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry, and her work appears in failbetter, Adroit, Rattle, and BuzzFeed, among others. Verlee wears polka dots and kisses Rottweilers. She believes in you. Find her at jeanannverlee.com.

“The Extraordinary True Story of the Unmother Who Substantiated Darwinism,” “How Women Begot the Bible,” and “hangover poem” – FLAPPERHOUSE #11 (Fall 2016)