Matthew E. Henry (MEH)

Matthew E. Henry (MEH) is the author of six collections of poetry including Teaching While Black (Main Street Rag, 2020), the Colored page (Sundress Publications, 2022), and The Third Renunciation (NYQ Books, 2023). He is editor-in-chief of The Weight Journal and an associate poetry editor at Pidgeonholes. MEH’s poetry appears in The Florida Review, Massachusetts Review, Ninth Letter, Ploughshares, and Shenandoah. MEH’s an educator who received his 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.