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Wendy McVicker

Wendy McVicker, 2020-2022 poet laureate of Athens, Ohio, is a longtime Ohio Arts Council teaching artist. Her most recent chapbook, Zero, a Door, was also published by The OrchardStreet Press (2021). She loves collaborating with other artists, and performs with instrumentalist Emily Prince under the name “another language altogether” whenever she gets the chance.…Read More

Wendy McVicker, 2020-2022 poet laureate of Athens, Ohio, is a longtime Ohio Arts Council teaching artist. Her most recent chapbook, Zero, a Door, was also published by The OrchardStreet Press (2021). She loves collaborating with other artists, and performs with instrumentalist Emily Prince under the name “another language altogether” whenever she gets the chance. Stronger When We Touch is her first full-length collaboration with another poet.