Samantha Strong Murphey (she/her) is a poet and essayist from Dallas, TX with an MFA from NYU’s Writer’s Workshop in Paris. She has been supported by the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and Vermont Studio Center and her work can be found in The Missouri Review, Rattle, North American Review, and elsewhere. Her collection, BAD PROPHET, is forthcoming from Trio House Press in 2027.