MFA alum Marie Scarles’ debut chapbook The Catastrophes will be published by Finishing Line Press in October 2025 and available for preorder until August 29, 2025.. In The Catastrophes, Scarles excavates the legacies of the lands she lives with and on, describing the beauty and brutality of abandoned factories, highway-side wildflowers, and toxic rivers. Mapping catastrophe’s traces from breakfast eggs to late-night shifts at the bar, this collection asks: in a time of destruction, what can be cultivated from the ruin? Congratulations, Marie!