E. Galloway Stephens is a neurodivergent poet and professor from the Appalachian foothills of South Carolina. Her poems have appeared in The Windhover, Thimble Literary Magazine, Red Branch Review, Ekstasis Magazine, Door is a Jar Literary Magazine, and many other publications. She is a co-founder and the Educational Director of Arbor Institute for the Arts in Greenville, SC.
Selected work
- Poetry
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"River Song 1," "River Song 3"
Door is a Jar Magazine, 2025

"Restoration"
The Windhover, 2025

"This Is How to Build a Haunted House"
Livina Press, 2025

"Dark Carousel"
Audience Askew Literary Journal, 2025

"Merciless Heat"
Kosmeo Magazine, 2024

"Pine Psalm"
Kosmeo Magazine, 2024

"Psalm 1"
The Red Branch Review, 2024

“The Possum’s Hymn,” “Swamp Wade”
Last Leaves Magazine, 2024

The Magnolia Years — Ekstasis Magazine
Ekstasis, 2024

"Blackshear, Georgia"
Persephone Literary Magazine, 2024

River Song 2
Thimble, 2024

"River Wade"
The Raven's Muse Literary Magazine, 2024

Snakebelly Low — Ekstasis Magazine
Ekstasis, 2024

"This Feral Faith"
Persephone Literary Magazine, 2024

“My Grandmother and I Watch Our Home Burn”
Sìdhe Press, 2024

"After the Funeral"
The Nature of Things, 2022

Angel Unawares — Ekstasis Magazine
Ekstasis, 2023

Liturgy for Autumn
The Fallow House, 2023

"Devil Soup"
The Windhover, 2022

“Cicada,” “Sunburn,” and “Year of Jubilee”
Catfish Stew, 2020