Poems that appear in Poetry December 2015
you learned Black sins cost much more than white ones
— Ghazal for White Hen Pantry
Poet, singer, and teaching artist Jamila Woods has been called “a modern-day Renaissance woman” by the Chicago Sun-Times. A Pushcart Prize nominee, her poetry has been published by MUZZLE, Third World Press, and Poetry. She is the associate artistic director of Young Chicago Authors and a founding member of its Teaching Artist Corps. Woods is a member of Dark Noise, a collective of poets and educators of color, and the frontwoman of Chicago-based soul music duo M&O. She lives in Chicago.