aracelis girmay Read Bio Collapse
aracelis girmay is the author of three poetry collections, most recently the black maria (BOA, 2016). She is the editor of So We Can Know: Writers of Color on Pregnancy, Loss, Abortion, and Birth (Haymarket, 2023) and is the editor-at-large of the Blessing the Boats Selections. She is also on the editorial board of the African Poetry Book Fund. Originally from California, her people come from Chicago, Arecibo, Beleza, Adi Sogdo, Griffin, and León. She currently lives with her family in New York. For her work, girmay was a finalist for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.