Who IS she?

Oh hi, I’m Lyndsay. My friends call me ‘a bit much,’ my fans call me Mary Oliver’s Drunk Cousin, and my husband calls me Lynny (cute!). I’m a comedy writer, a poet, and the cofounder of a creative agency. My work has been featured in Reductress, McSweeney’s, NY Mag, and The New York Times and my poetry took on a life of its own in the year of our lord 2022 when my instagram account grew to over 80K followers in a single year.

To be earnest for a second (ew), I deeply believe that humor is a powerful tool for epiphanies, change, and growth, and I subscribe to the adage that my business partner and I made up: humor is the truth having fun. My poems are for people who didn’t know they liked poetry, and for anyone who thinks it would be cool if a deep life truth could also make them laugh.

I spent most of my adult life in Chicago (I love you, you cold b*tch), but these days I live in Nashville (I love you, you hot b*tch) with my husband Caleb & perfect prince (dog) Puffin Dorito. I spend most of my time doing elaborate nail art and all of my disposable income on fancy restaurants and chips (I contain multitudes). You can follow my poetry on instagram @maryoliversdrunkcousin, my business at Obedient Agency and my personal shenanigans @rushbomb on twitter and instagram (but not TikTok, I am simply too old/tired).

And now...my headshot and a professional bio in the third person because my publicist said so:

 

Lyndsay Rush is a comedy writer, cofounder of the branding agency Obedient, and the poet behind the popular Instagram account @maryoliversdrunkcousin. Her debut book of poems, A BIT MUCH was an Instant USA Today Bestseller and her writing has been featured in Reductress, McSweeney’s, New York magazine, and The New York Times. Lyndsay spent most of her adult life freezing in Chicago, but currently swelters in Nashville with her husband and young son.