Jabari Jawan Allen is a Chicago, IL native. A 2018 Tin House Winter Workshop Scholar and 2018 Lucille Clifton Memorial Scholar, Allen has received fellowships from Tin House, Community of Writers, Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, and VONA/Voices. Allen’s poems either appear or are forthcoming in Virginia Quarterly Review, Vinyl, Four Chambers, and elsewhere. Allen currently lives in Phoenix, AZ.