Let the Poet Speak! – Christine Stewart-Nuñez

Christine Stewart-Nuñez, South Dakota’s poet laureate from 2019-2021, is the author and editor of several books, including The Poet & The Architect (2021), South Dakota in Poems: An Anthology (2020), Untrussed (2016) and Bluewords Greening (2016), winner of the 2018 Whirling Prize (literature of disability theme). Her poetry has been the basis for international, cross-artistic collaborations with colleagues in music, […]

Let the Poet Speak! – Joanne Durham

To Drink from a Wider Bowl by Joanne Durham, winner of the 2021 Sinclair Poetry Prize Joanne Durham Website twitter: @DurhamJoanne Joanne Durham Bio Joanne Durham is the author of To Drink from a Wider Bowl, winner of the Sinclair Poetry Prize (Evening Street Press, April 1, 2022). Her chapbook, On Shifting Shoals, is forthcoming from Kelsay Books. Her poems will or […]

Let the Poets Speak! – .chisaraokwu

.chisaraokwu Bio .chisaraokwu. (she/hers) is a manifestation of the Igbo people in North America. Before transitioning to the art, she practiced medicine and served as a senior health policy advisor in the federal government. Her art explores the indigenous practices of the Igbo, their (non)expression | suppression in Eurocentric spaces, and how the spirit | […]

Let the Poets Speak! – Merrill Oliver Douglas

Merrill Oliver Douglas Bio Merrill Oliver Douglas is the author of the poetry chapbook Parking Meters into Mermaids (Finishing Line Press, 2020). Her poems have appeared in Baltimore Review, Barrow Street, Tar River Poetry, Stone Canoe, Little Patuxent Review and Gyroscope Review,among others. She lives near Binghamton, New York. Find more poets reading their work on the Gyroscope Review main page, search […]