The morning he broke up with me, he shit
his pants. We got a donut shaped as a poop-emoji
to commemorate the occasion, singing Miley
Cyrus’ The Climb o...
I bought a book of poetry titled
depression is a thunderstorm and i am a scared dog
and I wanted to revise it, change ‘depression’
to ‘life’. I think about...
Courtney Cook is an MFA candidate at the University of California, Riverside, and a graduate of the University of Michigan. An essayist, poet, and illustrator, Courtney's work has been seen in The Rumpus, Hobart, Lunch Ticket, Split Lip Magazine, Wax Nine, and Maudlin House, among others. Her illustrated memoir, THE WAY SHE FEELS, is forthcoming from Tin House Books in summer 2021. When not creating, Courtney enjoys napping with her senior cat, Bertie.