Press

[The Guggenheim] The DreamYard Project Programs Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers Public Performance Series for June (PDF)

[TimeOut] June Late Shift at the Guggenheim

[TimeOut] The best Juneteenth events in NYC for 2025

[Ebony] 2025 Juneteenth Celebrations for the Whole Family

[The New York Times] 9 Places to Celebrate Juneteenth This Year

[Split Lip Magazine] Just One Thing with M. Ezra Zhang

Selected Features & Awards

Finalist, Beyond Words Magazine: 4th Beyond Words Poetry Chapbook Awards

Finalist, The Headlight Review: Poetry Chapbook Prize 2025

Finalist, Nine Syllables Press: Chapbook Contest 2024

Best of the Net 2025, Nominated by AAWW: The Margins

Palette Poetry: Emerging Poet Prize 2020, Longlist

Pushcart Prize 2020, Nominated by The Louisville Review

Best New Poets 2019, Nominated by The Minnesota Review

Gigantic Sequins: Teen Sequins 2016, First Place & Feature

Sugar Rascals, Sweet Talk Interview

Phosphene Literary Journal, "13 Under 30” Feature

The Poetry Society of the UK’s Foyle Young Poet of the Year, Commended (3 consecutive years)

Interlochen Center for the Arts Writing, Fine Arts Award for Creative Writing