Denise MillerDenise Miller (they/she) is a poet, playwright, and mixed media artist whose poetry has been published in the Offing, African American Review and Blackberry: A Magazine. They were named the 2015 Willow Books Emerging Poet, an AROHO Waves Discussion Fllowship awardee, and a Hedgebrook Fellow. Their book publications include Core, released in 2015 and nominated for a 2016 American Book Award and a 2016 Pushcart Prize, their chapbook, Ligatures was published in 2016 by Rattle Press, and most recently, they won the 2020 Sexton Prize for Poetry for their full-length poetry collection, A Ligature for Black Bodies. Their produced plays include Ligatures (adapted for the stage) and Before the Shooting. Their fellowships and residencies include a 2012 Hedgebrook Residency, 2016 William Randolph Hearst Fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society, a 2020 Storyknife Residency, a 2022 Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Fellowship, a 2023 Willapa Bay Artist in Residence, and a 2023 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Fellowship. They are currently working on a collection of short stories. For more of their work, visit http: //www.denisemiller.studio. Read More Read Less