Dawn McGuire, a finalist in Narrative’s Eighteenth Annual Poetry Contest, is a neurologist and the author of four poetry collections: Sleeping in Africa, Hands On, The Aphasia Cafe, and American Dream with Exit Wound. She grew up in eastern Kentucky and was educated at Princeton University, the Union Theological Seminary, and the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is adjunct professor of neurology at the Neurosciences Institute of Morehouse School of Medicine and divides her time between Atlanta and Northern California.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Three Poems, poetry, in Spring 2013
- Dear Salvation Army, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2012–2013