Rhapsody, or Revelation, or Cerberus to the Fireflies

Willie Lee Kinard III is a Black nonbinary poet, designer, educator & musician forged in Newberry, South Carolina & the author of Orders of Service (Alice James Books, 2023), winner of the 2022 Alice James Award. His musings include gospel surrealism, Black romance & superstition. With work appearing or forthcoming in Obsidian, Poem-a-Day, Best New Poets, The Rumpus & elsewhere, they are a Fellow of The Watering Hole & a Pushcart Prize nominee. Go see ’bout them at www.williekinard.com.