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Ankita is an MFA student in the Creative Writing program at Columbia College Chicago. She works at the intersection of literary and theatrical arts. Her poem ‘Sugarburn’ just won the Eileen Lannan Poetry Prize, and her chapbook ‘Pink Mortem’ was recently published by Bottlecap press.
Kim writes horror with a heart and a feminist agenda, digging through the dirt and filth to get to the truth about what haunts her characters. you can find her writing and multimedia work at kimgalovich.com.
Tony Trigilio’s most recent book of poems is Proof Something Happened. His essay collection, Craft: A Memoir, is forthcoming in September 2023. He is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.
A hybrid writer with a background in nonfiction, Kelley Engelbrecht interrogates the role of women and femininity in society, with special emphasis on matrilineal heritage. She is graduating with her MFA in creative nonfiction from Columbia College this May. You can find her on instagram @KelleyJeanne and on Twitter at @_kelleyjeanne.
De’Andre is primarily a speculative fiction writer and poet who occasionally writes lyrical personal essays. Right now, he is focusing on his short story collection titled Daddy, Do you love me? in which the stories in the collection focus on Black family dynamics particularly between a father and son. In addition, his poetry usually includes deep reflective thoughts surrounding God, sexuality, death, misfortune, and Blackness.
In our third episode, Amelia Dellos reads her piece entitled: MARY’S DAUGHTER, ROOM 209. She explores the cultural dysphoria that she is experiencing in her mid-life, while experiencing the little deaths that come with aging, empty nesting, and grieving.
In our second episode of A Round with Writers, Tanya Leon-Moreno uses personal essays and poetry to explore gender identity, as well as cultural identity to empower women and girls, while encouraging self-acceptance and self-love.
In our first episode, Lor Clincy uses poetry to tell salient experiences that require readers/listeners to consider perspectives that are not the status quo, while honing in on African American experiences through commentary and reflection. You can find her on Instagram @lorcwrites.
