Cypress Manning is a queer + trans writer, artist, and educator from Taos, New Mexico. They received their MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College in 2019, and were a 2022-23 Hugo House Fellow. They are in a two-person cribbage league with their mom, and live in Seattle with their partner and cat, Riso. They teach creative writing.
“Everything we have done and continue to do is in the service of our community: the people who dare to show up and create and share and commiserate even when — and especially when — it is difficult to do so.”