Mary Austin Speaker is a poet and book designer. The author of CEREMONY, which was selected by Matthea Harvey as winner of the 2013 Slope Editions poetry prize, and THE BRIDGE (Shearsman Books, 2016), she has also published four chapbooks, including 20 Love Poems for 10 Months (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2012), and a collaborative play, I Am You This Morning You Are Me Tonight, written with her husband, the poet Chris Martin. She lives in Minneapolis, where she co-edits Society, a publication project about poetry and power. and book designer in Iowa City, IA.