Alabama Authors Directory
The Alabama Authors Directory is a resource for readers, editors, publishers, educators, librarians, program planners, and the simply curious to discover and learn more about writers with connections to the state.
Authors directly submit their entries via this form, including publications, availability for programs and workshops, and contact information. Easily searchable and updated, the directory will grow and become more valuable with each entry.
Alabama authors are writing in every genre, for every age and interest, and in just about every corner of the world. From the new and emerging to the underknown to the best known, the Alabama Authors Directory is a resource to discover writers and works that reflect our rich, lively literary culture.
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Halley Cotton
Hometown: Birmingham, AL Lives in: Birmingham, AL
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- Email: halleymcotton@gmail.com
- Website: https://www.halleymcotton.com/
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About Halley Cotton
Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid
Available for: Readings, Workshops, School Programs, In Person, Remote
Bio: Halley (H. M.) Cotton is a poet and naturalist from Birmingham, Alabama where she teaches English at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is the managing editor for the Birmingham Poetry Review, contributing editor for NELLE, and production manager for both journals. As a 2023 poetry fellow with the Alabama State Council on the Arts, she solo kayaked the Cahaba River from Irondale to Selma, Alabama—a distance of nearly 180 miles across 11 days—to record her journey in photos and poetry. …Read More
Works: Poetry
“Lemon Dressing” Bennington Review (forthcoming)
“Old Country,” “Cold Bluing,” “Stranded,” Terrain.org (forthcoming)
“Heading Home off the Cumberland Plateau,” Nashville Review 42 April 19, 2024
“Muddy Water Baptism,” Raleigh Review, Vol. 13.1 …Read More
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