Ann-Chadwell Humphries

As a girl in rural Texas, Ann Humphries competed in poetry recitation. After retirement, she took community writing classes, then graduate poetry classes at USC, and online classes with the University of Iowa, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Hadley Institute for the Blind. In 2020, Muddy Ford Press selected Ann through their Laureate series to publish her first collection, An Eclipse and a Butcher. Her second collection, My Blind Obsession, is forthcoming from Class Publishing. A rogue gene, retinitis pigmentosa, gradually diminished her peripheral vision to a pinpoint, but Ann sees with more than her eyes—she sees with her whole being. Ann reads and writes using assistive technology. She has been designated a Notable Woman of South Carolina by USC’s Special Collections Library, where her papers are archived.