National Poetry Month: Kieron Walquist

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Author photograph by Bhion Achimba

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Kieron Walquist [he/they] holds an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Utah. His debut collection, Our Hands Hold Violence, is a 2024 National Poetry Series winner [Beacon Press, 2025], and their other work has received support from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Monson Arts, and Vermont Studio Center. He would like to thank Katharine Coles, Weiji Wang, Mohammad Afaan, + Marshall Leatherbury for their care + love for the lyric that enriched this poem + poet.

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