Excerpts from grace (ge) gilbert's Holly

Photo courtesy of grace (ge) gilbert.

Photos courtesy of grace (ge) gilbert.

Photo courtesy of grace (ge) gilbert.

grace (ge) gilbert is a poet, writer and collage artist. they received their MFA in poetry from the University of Pittsburgh in 2022, where they now teach. they are the author of Holly (YesYes Books, 2026), a hybrid image and text book about the 1976 murder of their paternal grandmother, as well as three chapbooks. their work can be found in 2023's Best of the Net Anthology, the Indiana Review, Iowa Review, Kenyon Review, Ninth Letter, Adroit Journal, and elsewhere. they teach hybrid collage and poetics courses at Brooklyn Poets, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, and other institutions.