About
Julia Marie Davis is an American poet and novelist.
A lifelong affinity for birds and wildlife instilled by her mother, a former college professor of botany, imbues Julia's work with a unique perspective. Her cherished memories awakening to the melodious calls of a mourning dove and nurturing two beloved parakeets, Harry and Baby Louise, underscore her connection to the natural world. Her earliest memories of nature are infused with bird calls, bird watching and in her last year of elementary school, she wrote her “hero paper” on John J. Audubon.
"CATBIRD," while inspired by true events, unfolds as a fictional narrative against the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Reflecting on global conflicts and human resilience, Julia underscores the universal relevance of her story, offering a poignant message of hope and solidarity in tumultuous times worldwide.
Her professional background in public relations, coupled with her training in crisis management from the Department of Homeland Security through Texas A&M University, infuse her storytelling with depth and authenticity.
Julia's writing has appeared in The Bangalore Review, The Dillydoun Review, New Note Poetry, The Moonstone Arts Center's Nasty Women's Anthology and TaintTaintTaint Literary Magazine. She shares her insights through a biweekly column on Medium.
Julia holds a BA in English from Boston College and a Masters of Fine Art in Creative Writing from Fairfield University. While at Fairfield, she served as an assistant editor at BREVITY and as a reader for WOODHALL PRESS.
Featured Work
Catbird
With the immediacy of an op-ed and the narrative feel of a memoir, CATBIRD embodies the visceral response-angst and exasperating sense of helplessness inflamed by the distance between the will of the people and our national policy, and the bewilderment we feel-to the barbaric violence and violations of human rights happening in Ukraine and elsewhere in the world.
Set against the background of seasonal drama in the bird world, CATBIRD has the sense of a fable, while still holding all the anxiety of the contemporary events we are living through, witnessing, mourning, and opposing.
