Carrie Naughton is a nonbinary queer poet, novelist, copy editor, bookkeeper and freelance writer in Arizona. They’ve lived in nine states plus a temporary residency in Finland, writing about birds, the desert, music, science, and the interconnectedness of all life. Plus heavy metal, wine and other good shit. Once up on a time, this blog used to contain a Darwin fan page, but lately Carrie’s more interested in learning about evolution through Indigenous science and a queer ecology lens.
In another life, Carrie might have been a botanist, but for now, they’re a poet birder who’s writing a novel, learning photography with a Lumix G7 micro four thirds camera, and dabbling in mixed media art making. They often dwell in the realm of speculative fiction and confessional poetry, write nature essays, and ramble about and listening to music. Find Carrie all over the web and learn what they’re into right now via their Linktr.ee.
Carrie’s writing has been published in Strange Horizons, Star*Line, Crab Creek Review, Zoomorphic and elsewhere. From 2014 to 2020, this website hosted their eclectic blog, and from 2020 to 2023 they escaped to write the Carrie This! newsletter on Substack. You can read their current blog here on this website or find them on BlueSky.