TEACHING ARTIST:

Mackie Garrett is a poet, artist, and caregiver based in Iowa City. His poems have appeared in Plainsongs, Spoon River Poetry Review, Slant, and other publications. Mackie founded 508 Press, a collaborative micropress specializing in limited edition hand-printed poetry publications, in 2017. With various collaborators, he designs and letterpress prints poetry zines, chapbooks, greeting cards, and posters. Mackie has taught literature, creative writing, and English as a Second Language in the U.S., Jamaica, and China. He has been offering letterpress workshops at ICPC since 2019.