Matthew E. Henry (MEH) is an educator, essayist, and the author of six poetry collections, most recently said the Frog to the scorpion(Harbor Editions, 2024). He is editor-in-chief of The Weight Journal, the creative nonfiction editor at Porcupine Literary, and an associate editor at Rise Up Review. MEH’s publications include Cultural Daily, Anti-Heroin Chic, Had, Identitdy Theory, Massachusetts Review, Mayday, Mom Egg Review, Ploughshares, Stone Circle Review, Terrain, Whale Road Review, The Worcester Review, and Zone 3. MEH earned an MFA yet continued to spend money he didn’t have completing an MA in theology and a PhD in education. He writes about education, race, religion, and burning oppressive systems to the ground at www.MEHPoeting.com.