Gender Reveal Ceremony
“No harm will come to the toad / in this ceremony. but also no kisses.”
Stevie Edwards holds a PhD in creative writing from the University of North Texas and an MFA in poetry from Cornell University. Stevie’s poems have appeared in Poetry Magazine, American Poetry Review, TriQuarterly, and elsewhere. They are the author of Quiet Armor (Northwestern University Press, 2023), Sadness Workshop (Button Poetry, 2018), Humanly (Small Doggies Press, 2015), and Good Grief (Write Bloody Publishing, 2012). They are the Poetry Editor of The South Carolina Review and a Lecturer at Clemson University. Originally a Michigander, they now live in South Carolina with their husband and a small herd of rescue pitbulls.
“No harm will come to the toad / in this ceremony. but also no kisses.”