DeeSoul Carson

DeeSoul Carson (He/They) is a poet, performer, and educator from San Diego, CA. A Stanford Univerity alum, DeeSoul has received fellowships from The Watering Hole and New York University, where he is an MFA in the Creative Writing program.

Brooklyn, NY, United States

Chapbooks

Book cover of Running From Streetlights by DeeSoul Carson

Running From StreetlightsThis body of work meditates on how Black people carry on despite the threat of danger always lurking around the corner. Self-Published, 2020

Selected work (6 publications)

EX/POST Magazine, 2020

I Dream of a Darker Planet/ Hood Proverbs

Pigeon Pages, 2021

Nothing Blacker Than My Bank Account

No Tokens, 2022

Self-portrait in a ’99 Cadillac de Ville

Half Mystic Press, 2022

In The Mourning

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Videos

Captain's LogHonorable Mention - 2019 Button Poetry Video Contest

DeeSoul Carson + Angel Smith - "Black Matter" @WANPOETRY (CUPSI 2019)Performed at CUPSI 2019 - Stanford Slam Team on Final Stage

Links

on Poetry | Moving Write AlongConversation with the Moving Write Along podcast about poetry, Season 2, Episode 6, also available on Apple Music and Spotify

What Does God Think Of My Poetry? (ft. DeeSoul)Interview with Amanda Eke for The Poet Speaks Podcast, Season 2, Episode #2 (also available on Apple Music and Spotify)

Convo w/ Sojourner Ahébée on Workshops & FeedbackInterview with Sojourner Ahébée of The Pulse (WHYY) discussing the usefulness of feedback in the MFA Workshop environment

on SynaesthesiaA small blog post done for Half Mystic Press

Sunshine and Dominoes and Lemonade and JoyA audio story and reflection on Joy as Resistance, done during my time as a Meeting the Moment Fellow @ Stanford University

Tomorrow Never Comes, But We Chase It AnywayA reflection on uncertainty, written during my time as a Meeting the Moment Fellow @ Stanford University