The Scarred Peach Is the Sweetest - Paperback

Clarke, Kathie-Louise: - Kathie-Louise Clarke is a British-raised writer, artist, and Counseling Psychology MA student. She is inspired to create pieces that interrogate and illuminate the human condition, with a focus on love, loss, and the beauty of the natural world. Since moving to California eleven years ago, Kathie-Louise has served in numerous volunteer capacities, taught herself Printmaking, started a business selling her artwork, taught Printmaking classes, and returned to writing. She is part of the Chapbook Chamber Collective, a small group of poets who work collaboratively to support one another and has been a regular host of weekly virtual Poetry Connected meetings (Monday Night Poetry Lounge) on Meetup. Her poetry appears or is forthcoming in various journals including The Brussels Review, The Orchards Poetry Journal, The Orange & Bee, Redheaded Stepchild Magazine, and Seaside Gothic. This collection was shortlisted for the Longleaf Press Poetry Book prize.