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Nancy Manning lives in Connecticut and teaches high school English classes. She holds an MFA in Poetry from Southern Connecticut State University.

Her poems appear in numerous publications, most recently Connecticut Literary Anthology, Humans of the World, Sad Girl Diaries, Noctua Review, and Unmagnolia. Her poetry collections are Amethyst Garden (Jasmin Press, 2002), The Unspoken of Our Days (Antrim House, 2022), and What Glues Us Together (Antrim House, 2023); her novel Undertow of Silence (TAG Publishing, 2013) won the TAG Publishing award for Best New YA novel.

Paperback: 46 pages
Publisher: Kelsay Books (May 12, 2025)