Join authors Hillary Gonzalez and Clint Bowman for a signing at Sassafras on Sutton, in Black Mountain, NC.

Clint Bowman is a writer from Black Mountain, NC. His debut collection of poetry, “If Lost” was published in 2024 by Loblolly Press. More of Clint's work has appeared in Poetry South, Louisiana Literature, The Indianapolis Review, O. Henry Magazine, and elsewhere.

Hillary Gonzalez (they/she) is a Baltimore based queer, disabled, and AuDHD poet, activist, birder and wildlife photographer. They are the Vice President of the Baltimore City nonprofit, Sacred Parks and Waterways–an organization dedicated to preserving Baltimore City's parks and watershed for future generations, and the authors of Seasons (2025), and the ecopoetry collections, Wild Unfelt World (Gnashing Teeth Publishing, April 2026), and Where the Osprey Nest (Palewell Press, August 2026). Their poems have been published in numerous publications, including South Broadway Press, Canid Press, and in anthologies by Bi+ Book Gang, Yellow Arrow Publishing, Loblolly Press’ anthology: Understory, a fundraising anthology for the victims of Hurricane Helene, The Body Archive by Cosmic Daffodil Journal, In Praise of Despair, an anthology for disabled artists and writers by Beyond the Veil Press, and their visual poem, "The Sounds of Spring," was accepted by The Maryland Film Festival (2026), in their Vertical Shorts category.