YASMINE BOLDEN

Yasmine Bolden (they/them) is a monstera mommy, aurora borealis aficionado, and descendant of Black American/Nahilií women who heard the earth speaking to them through their gardens and lovingly spoke back. A 2024 Best New Poets nominee and 2023 Best of the Net poet, they hold fellowships from the Southern Esesú Endeavor and Writers in Baltimore Schools Teaching Program and were named an inaugural I, Too, Am the Dream Grand Prize Awardee by Angie Thomas. Their work lives in Only Poems’ Best New Poems, Baltimore Beat, The National Library of Medicine, Alocasia Mag, Ebony Tomatoes Collective, and beyond.