Poetry
The Tornado Visits the Town
The Teenager Watches the Tornado in Her Rearview
After the Tornado, the Checkout Clerk Considers Leaving
Features
Blackbird/Diode Reading, AWP 2013 
Catherine Pierce is the author of The Girls of Peculiar (Saturnalia Books, 2012) and Famous Last Words (Saturnalia Books, 2008). Her poems have appeared in The Best American Poetry 2011, Slate, Boston Review, Ploughshares, FIELD, and elsewhere. She codirects the creative writing program at Mississippi State University. 
Photo by Megan Bean