KAILEY
TEDESCO
Kailey Tedesco is a New Jersey-born caul bearer and mother. She teaches courses on Gothic literature, the archetype of the witch, and horror at Moravian University and Northampton Community College. She has recently led poetic craft workshops with The Poetry Society of New York, and she is an active member of the Horror Writers Association. Her poetry has been nominated for various prizes, including the Pushcart and Best of the Net. Additionally, her poems won both first and second prize in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association’s 2024 contest. You can find her work in Electric Literature, Fairy Tale Review, Black Warrior Review, Epiphany Lit, The Journal, Driftwood Press, Passages North, and more.
LIZZIE, SPEAK
Lizzie, Speak is a conjuring of Lizzie Borden, the woman who was suspected of murdering her parents with an axe. Each poem invokes Lizzie’s spirit, trying to parse out the many difficulties that Lizzie faced during her time through the lens of a modern speaker, questioning maybe why, or even if she actually committed those murders.
FOREVERHAUS
FOREVERHAUS is a book of haunts, through the archetype of the house in memory, trauma, & its beautiful destruction contained. & within the archetype of the house, we experience the archetype of the mother, heirlooms, the garden, & the very foundation that is home.
MOTHERDEVIL
MOTHERDEVIL is a spellbinding collection of poetry that reimagines the legend of the New Jersey Devil through the eyes of Mother Leeds. In these hauntingly visceral poems, Tedesco draws out the spirit of Mother Leeds & intimately infuses it with her own truths & experiences with mental health, post-partum depression, & the often-overlooked struggles of motherhood, making this an enduring collection of myth, magic, & powerful storytelling.
REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS
Empty Mirror Review of LIZZIE, SPEAK
Luna Luna Magazine Review of LIZZIE, SPEAK
Quail Bell Magazine Review of LIZZIE, SPEAK
The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed for FOREVERHAUS
The Comenian Review of FOREVERHAUS
Mad Poet’s Society Local Lyrics Feature of FOREVERHAUS
The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed for MOTHERDEVIL
The Folklore Podcast “Meet the Author”
The Madhouse Review of MOTHERDEVIL
