Tessara Dudley is a Black queer poet, a working-class disabled femme, and a bonus parent to a rambunctious young one. Tessara Dudley has published poetry in Sun Star Review, Wordgathering, The Black Napkin, and Words Dance. Their poems have also appeared in anthologies published by Minerva Rising, Zoetic Press, and 9 Bridges Press. Their first poetry collection, Fallen/Forever Rising, was published in 2015.
