New Orleans native Michelle Bishop writes at the crossroads of spirit, identity, and transformation. Her poetry and fiction are shaped by the soulful cadence of her hometown—a place where the sacred and the everyday exist side by side. The city’s rhythms, its folklore, and its fierce beauty echo through her work, revealing a deep reverence for both the visible and unseen worlds.

Influenced by her experiences living abroad and her fascination with Afro-Caribbean and African Traditional Religions, Michelle’s writing explores what it means to heal, to belong, and to remember who we are beneath the layers of history and expectation. Her stories and poems often follow characters standing at the edge of revelation, navigating the spaces between loss and awakening, love and letting go.

Through vivid imagery and emotional honesty, Michelle celebrates the complexity of womanhood, the endurance of love, and the quiet strength born from resilience. Her work is both invocation and offering—a way to honor her ancestors, reclaim her power, and remind readers that transformation is always possible, even in the smallest moments.