Tyree Daye

Tyree Daye was raised in Youngsville, North Carolina. He is the authorof the poetry collections a little bump in the earth (forthcoming fromCopper Canyon Press, 2024), Cardinal (Copper Canyon Press, […]

Terrance Hayes

Terrance Hayes is author of seven poetry collections: So to Speak; American Sonnets for My Past And Future Assassin, a finalist for the National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle […]

Nikky Finney

NIKKY FINNEY is the author of On Wings Made of Gauze; Rice; The World Is Round; and Head Off & Split, which won the National Book Award for Poetry in […]

Dasan Ahanu

Dasan Ahanu is a North Carolina-based cultural organizer, artist, and scholar, and the Piedmont Poetry Laureate, and former Harvard fellow. He serves as the coach of the Jambalaya Soul Slam […]