A conversation with Maya Williams about the poetics of aliveness, play, and writing about people in our lives
Maya Williams(ey/they/she) is a religious Black multiracial nonbinary suicide survivor who served as Portland, Maine's seventh poet laureate for a 2021-2024 term. Eir full length poetry collections have been nominated for the New England Book Award and the Maine Literary Award. Their chapbooks have won contest awards from Garden Party Collective and The Headlight Review. Follow more of her work at mayawilliamspoet.com.
