edwin bodney

Profile

edwin bodney is a Black, Queer, non-binary artist, award-winning educator, and nationally recognized poet from Los Angeles. As someone living with M.S. and the rest of the world’s chaos, they strive to remind all vulnerable communities of their joy and laughter. edwin and their work have been featured in platforms and publications like Button Poetry, Platypus Press, The Exposition Review, The Advocate, Lexus, TvOne, Amazon Prime, UW-Madison, and many others. Their full-length book of poetry, A Study of Hands (2017) is available through Not A Cult Media. edwin is one of the co-hosts of Da Poetry Lounge, one of the country’s largest and longest-running, non-profit poetry venues.

edwin currently works supporting LGBTQ+ students at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

www.dapoetrylounge.com