Mary Beth Hines grew up in Massachusetts where she spent Saturday afternoons falling in love with stories and poems in the Waltham Public Library. She earned a bachelor of arts in English from The College of the Holy Cross, and studied for a year at Durham University in England. Following a public service career (Volpe Center, Cambridge, MA), she began a regular creative writing practice. She is an award-winning poet, a Pushcart nominee in both poetry and fiction, and an alumna of the Colrain Manuscript Conference. A member of the Boiler House Poets Collective, she participates in an annual Assets for Artists residency at The Studios at MASS MoCA. Her writing appears in literary journals and anthologies nationally and abroad. In 2024, her chapbook manuscript was recognized as a finalist in Fool for Poetry's 2023 International Chapbook Contest and in Comstock Review's Jessie Bryce Niles Chapbook Contest. When not reading or writing, Mary Beth swims, walks in the woods, travels, and enjoys life with family and friends.

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