Marie Moorehouse Epply is a member of the Academy of American Poets and of DownEast Writers. She serves on the steering committee of Word, Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival, a non-profit organization working to build community around the written and spoken word. An educator for her entire career, Marie has developed and taught numerous creative writing and literature courses and holds a Master of Arts from the University of Maine. Murmur and Flow is her first chapbook. She lives with her husband on the coast of Maine.