Jason A. Terry (he/him), misplaced Appalachian, uses his middle initial so you don’t confuse him with an NBA player, a rodeo star, or an attempted country singer who is also probably a distant cousin. He is an abuse survivor with a master’s degree in peace. He was once a choirboy. He was once an award-winning queer activist. He is still a passionate international do-gooder. In spite of these things, he has never been especially loud.

As a poet, Jason hopes his words will travel further than his still small voice normally allows. He wants you to listen with intention, like a pet bunny at dinnertime. He wants you to feel love.

Jason grew up in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, and studied at Guilford College and American University. He lives, reads, and writes in Washington, DC. His work is recently published in Plainsongs and The Mildred Haun Review.