Episode 7: Kelly Grace Thomas, Published Poet | Creativity in Matriarchy, Healing in Words, Lifespan of Art, Creation over Destruction, Transaction of Literature

KELLY GRACE THOMAS is a poet, writer, educator, and an ocean-obsessed Aries from Jersey. Her first full-length collection, Boat Burned, was released with YesYes Books in 2020. She is the winner of the Jane Underwood Poetry Prize and the Neil Postman Award for Metaphor. Kelly’s poems have appeared in: The Adroit Journal, Best New Poets, 32 Poems, Los Angeles Review, Sixth Finch and elsewhere. Kelly has received fellowships from the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing and Kenyon Review Young Writers’ Workshop. Kelly is Head of Curriculum for Get Lit- Words Ignite and the co-author of Voices in Verse: Poetry, Identity and Ethnic Studies; Stanzas of America: Celebrating BIPOC Poetry; and Words Ignite: Explore, Write and Perform Classic and Spoken Word Poetry (Literary Riot). Kelly is currently a Blackburn Fellow in the Randolph College MFA program. She lives in Benicia, California and is working on her first novel.  ♡ Join on Patreon for early access, exclusive-member-only episodes and more: patreon.com/TransactionalLove♡ Love click to buy and join our Community: https://www.instagram.com/transactionallove/♡ Follow Kelly Grace Thomas: https://www.instagram.com/kellygracethomas/♡ Love Click to Buy: kellygracethomas.substack.com | www.kellygracethomas.com♡ Say hello to Wendi & Norma: [email protected] | transactionallove.org