Aurielle Marie is a Black and queer poet, essayist and social strategist hailing from the Deep South. She writes and speaks urgently about hip-hop, class, race, sex, and politics from a Black feminist lens. She was selected as the 2019 Lambda Literary Poetry Writer-in-Residence. She’s received invitations to fellowship from the Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for LGBTQ writers, Tin House, VONA Voices, and the Kopkind Colony. Her poems have been featured in or are forthcoming from the TriQuarterly, The Southeast Review, Adroit Journal, Black Warrior Review, and VINYL. You can find her essays on Wear Your Voice, NBC, in Essence, Allure, and The Guardian. Follow her: @YesAurielle