Jessie McCarty (b. 1997) is an Irish-American writer and informations professional from Shreveport, Bossier Louisiana. Jessie McCarty holds a BFA in Creative Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. They hold certifications in systems migration and rare book cataloging (DCRMB). They are an upcoming MLIS student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for Information Management. Their poetry, in English and Gaeilge, uses depictions of the American South and Midwest as memory tools. Their poems can be read in Dublin's Bog Bodies Press, Discount Guillotine, Sarka Journal, Imposter Journal, The Minnesota Review, Charm School, The Documentarian, Don’t Submit Lit, Thick Press, and more. Their full-length debut, Pretty Punks, is forthcoming with Magra Books in December 2025 (ed. Sean Pessin, Paul Vangelisti). Previous collections include The Bovine Huff (Track and Field Studios, 2021) and the self-published artist book, Our Fairy Diary (2023) with graphic artist, Sarah Haines.