J.S. Absher’s second full-length book of poetry, Skating Rough Ground, was published in 2022 by Kelsay Press. His first full-length book, Mouth Work (St. Andrews University Press) won the 2015 Lena Shull Award from the North Carolina Poetry Society. His poems have won awards from BYU Studies Quarterly, the journal Dialogue, and the NC Poetry Society and have been nominated several times for the Pushcart Prize and the Best of the Net Award. His work has been published or accepted by Triggerfish Critical Review, Tar River Poetry, The McNeese Review, and many other magazines. Absher lives in Raleigh, NC, with his wife, Patti.
