“Twenty Square Feet of Skin grapples with what it means to be a body moving through this world in this moment—these essays wrestle with what it means to be radically alive. Life is a bloody business, and the best one we’ve got. Megan Baxter shows us this in a collection filled with marvels.” —Joni Tevis, author of The World Is on Fire

  • Twenty Square Feet of Skin

    Mad Creek Books, 2023

    “Oh, the things we do to our vulnerable and resilient bodies—wound and embellish, train and remake, hide and expose—and, if intent on an authentic and ever-deepening relationship with them, we learn, finally, to lavish them with care and attention, and strengthen them, as Megan Baxter writes in her wild-ranging and intimate collection, for this ‘beautiful mess of living.’” —Lia Purpura, author of All the Fierce Tethers

  • Farm Girl

    Green Writers Press, 2021

    A startlingly lovely memoir about how things die, how things grow, and how we reap what we sow...even when we might wish differently. Baxter’s language is as rich as the soil she tends; it will be a joy to see how she blossoms in her career. —Jodi Picoult, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Book of Two Ways

  • The Coolest Monsters

    Texas Review Press, 2018

    "Baxter's lyricism knits these pieces together to create a unique coming-of-age story that never fails to surprise. Poetic and rich, The Coolest Monsters is a stunning debut from a bold young writer." —Ann Hood, author of Comfort: A Journey Through Grief