Taylor Johnson is from Washington, DC. Their poems appear in The Baffler, Indiana Review, Scalawag, and the Paris Review. They've received fellowships from Cave Canem and the Conversation Literary Festival, among other organizations. Their first book, Inheritance, will be published in fall 2020 with Alice James Books. Taylor lives in southern Louisiana where they listen.
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