Kenyatta Rogers is a Cave Canem fellow and has been awarded scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. His work has been previously published in or forthcoming from the Academy of American Poets, Poetry, Jubilat, Bat City Review, The Volta, PANK, and MAKE Magazine, among others. Rogers is a lead teacher for the Poetry Foundation’s Teacher Institute. He serves on the board of directors for AWP and the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. A Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, he is a cohost of the Sunday Reading Series with Simone Muench and lives in Chicago. His debut poetry Before I Let Go is forthcoming in 2027 from Trio House Press.