When not at her writing desk, Quincy Gray McMichael stewards her farm, Vernal Vibe Rise, in the wooded hills of Appalachia.
Quincy has published in Salon, Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies, Appalachian Review, Yes! Magazine, Zone 3, Still: The Journal, and Chautauqua, among others. Her lyric prose has garnered note from the 2022 Denny C. Plattner Award and Streetlight Magazine’s 2024 Memoir Contest, along with nominations for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net.
A decade after exploring the principles of human ecology at College of the Atlantic, Quincy earned an MFA from the Naslund-Mann School of Writing at Spalding University. There, she studied under many brilliant writers, including Jason Kyle Howard, Fenton Johnson, Elaine Neil Orr, and Silas House.
Quincy serves as a contributing editor for Good River Review. She remains grateful for support from Ragdale, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Appalachian Writers’ Workshop, and Vermont Studio Center.
“Without Child,” Quincy’s memoir-in-verse, addresses grief, family, and the psychological effects of maternal neglect. Her hybrid memoir “The Unsustainable Farm” explores obsession and overwork through a blend of poetry and prose.
Find her online (every so often) via X: @quincy_gray_mcm + Instagram: @vernal_vibe_rise