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slp is a Madqueer poet, songwriter, musician, and educator living in Colorado. Their manuscripts have been finalists multiple times for the Ahsahta Sawtooth & Chapbook Competitions, the Slope Book Prize, Gazing Grains; the 2023 UNLV Black Mountain Institute Witness Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction; and semifinalists for the Wisconsin Brittingham-Pollak Prizes. They have taught music, poetry, research, writing, and drama at the middle/high school and university levels for 20+ years. They produce music and perform as @maudlynmonroe because they have so many emotions.