HG Gruebmeyer is a writer from the southern Appalachian mountains. He graduated with a fiction degree from Emory University. His poetry was selected for Pretty Owl’s Best of the Net in 2020 and he was named as one of Epiphany Magazine’s ‘Breakout 8’ in Prose. HG has also frequently collaborated with choreographer Leo Briggs, their first full-length work “CVS” debuting at 7 Stages in 2023. He lives in southwest Atlanta with his cat Sophie and dog Myles. He is very happy to be here.