Beth Gordon is a poet, mother, and grandmother in Asheville, North Carolina. She is the author of several chapbooks, including The Water Cycle, How to Keep Things Alive, Crone, and The First Day. Beth is managing editor of Feral: A Journal of Poetry and Art, assistant editor of Animal Heart Press, and Grandma of Femme Salvé Books. She is on Instagram, Threads, and BlueSky @bethgordonpoet.