Sappho Stanley
Poet, Editor, & Educator
Biography
Sappho Stanley (they/she) is a trans, Appalachian poet, editor, & educator. They grew up in Southwest Virginia. They received their BA in English from East Tennessee State University. Currently, they are a student in the Ohio State University’s Creative Writing MFA studying poetry. Here, they serve as Poetry & Production Editor at The Journal. They write about the trans experience & the ways that experience interacts with capitalism; their work explores t4t community, sex work, & life in Appalachia.
You can find her work forthcoming or in New Delta Review, Hunger Mountain, & South Dakota Review as well as anthologized in Texas Review Press’ Southern Poetry Anthology: Virginia Vol. IX.
Their chapbook, Daisy Womb was a finalist for the 2024 New Delta Review Chapbook Prize.