KB [they/them] is a Black queer nonbinary poet, editor, and educator currently residing in Austin, TX. They’ve received fellowships from Texas Christian University, Lambda Literary, Winter Tangerine, The Hurston/Wright Foundation, The Speakeasy Project, and UTSA’s African American Literatures and Cultures Institute. Their poetry appears or is forthcoming in a number of publications including Foglifter Press, The Cincinnati Review, The Shade Journal, and Kallisto Gaia Press’ 2020 Texas Poetry Calendar. When they’re not blessing stages or writing pages, they serve as a Teaching Artist for Creative Action and the Austin Library Foundation, Curator/Host of the open mic/reading series Austin Interfaces, Assistant Editor for Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Associate Poetry Editor for fields Magazine, and proud member of Lenguas Loc@s Writers Collective.
Artwork by: Pawel Szvmanski