Kelly Clayton is a Louisiana Creole with deep roots in New Orleans, New Roads, Baton Rouge, and Plaquemine. Louisiana's people, music, and spirit are her muse. Her work has appeared in Future Cycle Poetry, Gloom Cupboard, and The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature. Delacourt Press commissioned a poem as a chapter lead for Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes? by Jena Pincott.