She holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College where she received the Lucy Grealy Prize for Poetry. serves as the founder and Editor-in-Chief for Arcanum Magazine, a newly established literary magazine featuring In her free time, she volunteers reading poetry manuscripts for the Tenth Gate Prize. TORCH has featured work by Colleen J.

As part of this journey of rest, Dana is exploring her newly found voice in poetry. TORCH has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

coached the slam teams of American University and George Washington University for the College Union Poetry TORCH has featured work by Colleen J.

TORCH has featured work by Colleen J.

Her writing has been featured in Muslim American Writers at Home, midnight & indigo, CRAFT, Peauxdunque TORCH has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

TORCH has featured work by Colleen J.

TORCH has featured work by Colleen J.

She loves neo-soul, battle rap, and long walks through old poetry journals. Edythe has received fellowships from The Watering Hole, Brooklyn Poets, and Palm Beach Poetry Festival TORCH has featured work by Colleen J.

For decades, she has been a driving force behind numerous poetry stage initiatives. Gons made her debut in 2021 with her poetry collection and has since published several books and won What has been most exciting to see happen in your poetry community in recent years? What excites me most is witnessing how the landscape of poetry and performance poetry has truly blossomed forms—like spoken word or poetry in different languages—were often sidelined, even though poetry has

She is the author of two chapbooks of poetry-- DIRT (awarded the 2018 Jean Pedrick Prize) and LIBERTY TORCH has featured work by Colleen J.

She teaches African-American Literature, Women’s Literature, Introduction to Poetry, and all levels of In addition, she is the editor of the annual poetry anthology Brownstone Barrio Bards. TORCH has featured work by Colleen J.

What is your philosophy for writing your endings, whether it’s poetry or fiction? Endings are very important to me when I write both Fiction or Poetry. In a 2017 interview , you said you enjoy poetry the most out of all the genres. Poetry is still that mistress I see sporadically, and I am still discreet about the “affair.” Consequently, for me, poetry is like worshipping at an altar. It’s intense and intermittent.