Kashawn Taylor is a formerly incarcerated writer and educator based in CT. His poetry, short fiction, and essays have been or will be published by such journals and magazines as The Poetry Lighthouse, Lucky Jefferson, Oyster River Pages, The Offing, Sequestrum, The Ilanot Review, and Poetry Magazine. His full-length collection of poetry, subhuman., was released by Wayfarer Books in March 2025. He has a collection of prose forthcoming with Whiskey Tit Books called Kites. He currently teaches with Gotham Writers Workshop and works with the Prison Journalism Project as the 2026 Audience Engagement Fellow.
