Candice Kelsey

Candice Kelsey [she/her] is a poet, educator, and activist in Georgia. She serves as a creative writing mentor with PEN America’s Prison Writing Program; her work appears in West Trestle, Heimat Review, Poet Lore, and Worcester Review among other journals. Recently, she was a finalist in Iowa Review‘s Poetry Contest and nominated for Best Microfiction 2023. She is the author of Still I am Pushing (FLP ’20) and A Poet (ABP ’22), as well as a forthcoming full-length collection with Pine Row Press and a chapbook with Drunk Monkeys’ Cherry Dress. Find her online at her website and on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

At the Intersection of Lincoln and 83rd
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