Her volumes of poetry include: Backbone (Underground Epics, 2000), Under the Sun (Main Street Rag, 2002 Others (Finishing Line Press, 2022), and Praise Songs for Dave the Potter, Art by Jonathan Green, and Poetry Her poetry has been showcased on NPR and PBS and has been most recently published in The North Carolina Glenis believes poetry is the mouth that speaks when all other mouths are silent. TORCH has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

Survivor’s Guilt is an archive of survivorship that chronicles generational grief through photographs, poetry As a sought-out speaker, panelist, and facilitator, Julia’s work has been featured in various community She is also the founder of the creative container, Black Mermaids, and serves as the Senior Poetry Editor TORCH has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

She is the author of the debut poetry collection, Ghost in a Black Girl's Throat (Red Hen Press 2021) Her essays are featured in Autostraddle, Catapult, LitHub, as well as articles in Jezebel, Blavity, B Her poetry appears in Southern Humanities Review, Gravy, Frontier Poetry, Florida Review, Rust & Moth She is the winner of the Appy Award, Vulgar Genius, Bright Wings Poetry contest, the Furious Flower Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize, among other prizes.

Her debut poetry collection, Dreaming in Mourning, will be published by World Stage Press in November O|Sessions: Black Listening–A Performance Master Class and Honorable Mention in the Furious Flower Poetry Center’s annual poetry competition with Tim Seibles as the Finalist Judge. most recently in A Gathering of Tribes Magazine, edited by Quincy Troupe, and Love Letters in Light, a poetry-based TORCH has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

TORCH has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

She has received the 2022 Graybeal-Gowen Poetry Prize, the 2022 Virginia Downs Poetry Award, and the 2019 Frederick Hartmann Poetry Prize. Her work has been featured in Voicemail Poems, TORCH, and is forthcoming in The Shenandoah Review. TORCH has featured work by Colleen J.

TORCH has featured work by Colleen J.

Her poetry has appeared in The North American Review, The Comstock Review, The Tishman Review, Obsidian TORCH has featured work by Colleen J.

TORCH has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

She has taught workshops on performance poetry, body image, sexual assault prevention, and LGBT issues Patin was featured on the fourth season of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, was voted one of 30 under 30 most influential people in Chicago by Windy City Times, and took the gold medal in the 2006 Gay Games International LGBT poetry TORCH has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

TORCH has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

most recent collection of poems, Fretwork, was selected by Jane Hirshfield for the Marsh Hawk Press Poetry About the Writing Craft, New England Review, Ploughshares, Colorado Review, Pleiades, and Best American Poetry TORCH has featured work by Colleen J.