Shanna Compton is a poet, printmaker, and book designer in Blue Hill, ME. She is the author of five books of poems: Creature Sounds Fade (Black Lawrence Press), Midwinter Constellation (coauthor, Black Lawrence Press), Brink (Bloof Books), For Girls & Other Poems (Bloof Books), Down Spooky (Winnow Press). Her poems have appeared in publications such as the Nation, American Poetry Review, the Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day series, Court Green, Bennington Review, Black Warrior Review, Typo, and The Best American Poetry anthology series.
As a visual artist, she works in linocut, collage, monotype, screen print, and mixed media. Selected work is available through Hi Water Press, DIAA gallery in Deer Isle, Makers’ Market & Studio in Sargentville, and a rotating schedule of seasonal markets and art festivals in Maine. Memberships include the Union of Maine Visual Artists (a terrific organization promoting Maine art & Maine artists), the Deer Isle Artists Association, and Kennedy Press at Waterfall Arts in Belfast. She also freelances as a commercial book designer and illustrator, collaborating with more than a dozen independent publishers.