In this episode of our ‘Poetry Reading series’:
- Jessica Kim reads her poem “On Leaving” Previously published in Indigo Literary Journal.
-Listen to Emitomo Tobi Nimisire’s rendition of her poem “Opening”
Jessica Kim is a disabled immigrant writer from Los Angeles, California. She is one of four National Youth Poet Laureate Finalists, a 2022 Youngarts Finalist in Writing (Poetry), and a Commended Foyle Young Poet. Her poetry chapbook, L(EYE)GHT, is forthcoming from Animal Heart Press in late April 2022.
Emitomo Tobi Nimisire is a Nigerian writer, sexual reproductive health and rights advocate, and communications strategist. Her poems have been published by Kissing Dynamite Poetry, The Temz Review, The Hellebore Magazine, Agbowó, and The African Writer.