NOVA CYPRESS BLACK (dey/dem/NOVA) writes deir name in all caps as a reminder to take up space as a Black trans gender expansive lighthouse. Pre-transition, dey were a recipient of fellowships from Poets House, The Poetry Project, Willow Arts Alliance & Cave Canem. NOVA’s poems have graced the pages of Strange Horizons, Fifth Wheel Press; 580 Split; Zone 3 Press; The Shade Journal; etc. This nomadic MFA dropout was also a writer on season 3 of Showtime’s The L Word: Generation Q. NOVA is a genre-defying writer, movement artist, documentarian & educator who pledges allegiance to liberation & pleasure.
