Making It

Jezmin Denise is a poet and spoken word artist based in Savannah, GA. Follow her on Instagram at @jezmindenise. Follow Elle @ellewarrenwrites. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/poem License code: 4MW3F0JZMHRJPZCM

Lexi Pelle (@lexipellepoetry) is a poet and editor living in New Jersey. She was the winner of the 2022 Jack McCarthy Book Prize, a Pushcart Prize nominee, and a finalist for the Prufer Poetry Prize, Crosswinds Poetry Prize and the Marvin Bell Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in Rattle, Ninth Letter, SWWIM, Sucarnochee Review, and The Shore. Find Elle on Instagram @ellewarrenwrites or on her website, ellewarrenwrites.com. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/poem License code: 4MW3F0JZMHRJPZCM

Iman Hariri-Kia is a writer, editor, and author born and based in New York City. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and an award-winning journalist, she covers sex, relationships, identity, and adolescence. Her work has appeared in Vogue, New York Magazine’s The Cut, Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Teen Vogue, and more. Her debut novel,  A Hundred Other Girls, was published in July 2022 to critical acclaim. Her eagerly awaited second novel, The Most Famous Girl in the World, was published on September 17, 2024 from Sourcebooks Landmark. Learn more: https://www.imanharirikia.com/ Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/poem License code: 4MW3F0JZMHRJPZCM

Jess Janz's writing focuses on the collective ache that binds us all together. She hosts monthly writing workshops and the Poetry Club through her Substack community. Currently, she's writing a book. Follow Jess on Instagram @jessjanz Follow Elle on Instagram at @ellewarrenwrites Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/poem License code: 4MW3F0JZMHRJPZCM

Zoe Branch is an artist and writer based in Brooklyn, New York. Her broad experience across such areas as editing, fashion styling, stage managing, acting, copywriting, translating, and tutoring serves as testament to her general hunger and curiosity as a creative human being.  After beginning her career officially as a staff writer for a small print magazine, she moved to New York in 2020 to bet on an idea she thought might be possible: that she could earn more money as a poet than she had as a journalist. Within nine months, the idea proved itself viable, and she's been a full-time poet and creator since. Follow Zoe on Instagram @zoe.branch Follow Elle on Instagram at @ellewarrenwrites

Namitha Rathinappillai (they/she) is a fat, disabled, queer, Tamil spoken word poet and workshop facilitator. Currently based in Toronto, she was the first female and youngest director of Ottawa’s Urban Legends Poetry Collective (ULPC). They are a two-time Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (CFSW) team member with ULPC, and they published their first chapbook titled ‘Dirty Laundry’ with Battleaxe Press in November 2018. In 2019, she won the RBC Youth Ottawa Spirit of the Capital Award for Arts and Culture. They enjoy crafting, writing letters to friends, and looking at the moon. Learn more about Namitha at www.namitharathinappillai.com Learn more about Elle on Instagram @ellewarrenwrites or www.ellewarrenwrites.com. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/poem License code: 4MW3F0JZMHRJPZCM