V.C. McCabe is an Appalachian poet and author of the forthcoming collection Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2019). Her work was recently displayed in an ekphrastic exhibit at FRANK Gallery in Chapel Hill, N C. and has appeared in many journals, including Poet Lore, Prairie Schooner, The Minnesota Review, Tar River Poetry, and Entropy. She has lived in Ireland and West Virginia. She can be found online at vcmccabe.com and @vcmpoetry on Twitter.