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Author | Editor | Journalist | Activist
Khalisa Rae is an award-winning poet, author, activist, and culture journalist, and serves as Senior Writer at Jezebel. With fierce rebellion, her poignant words, commitment to community, and writing mentorship have impacted thousands.
Writing
An experienced journalist, Khalisa has authored numerous articles, essays, poems and interviews. Check out her work.
Books
Khalisa’s acclaimed debut poetry collection, Ghost In A Black Girl’s Throat, was published by Red Hen Press in April 2021.
Services
Writing with a mentor and coach is always better than working alone. Khalisa provides editing, workshops, coaching and mentorship.
Activism
At the center of Khalisa’s passions lies community building, social justice, Black representation and girls’ empowerment.
Recent Work
Announcements
- Khalisa nominated for the Vulgar Genius Award in Poetry: Please vote here!
- One-year anniversary for Ghost In A Black Girl’s Throat is coming up!
Woman, you have been everlasting & phenomenal
since the beginning of time,
since the Nile and cradle of civilization
and Lucy.
Your phenomenal bones were found as proof that we were once here
And breathing.
And everything.
— Khalisa Rae