AKHIM YUSEFF CABEY is a Pushcart Prize-winning Black author whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in Colorado Review, RHINO, Shenandoah, Indiana Review, The Florida Review, The Sun Magazine, Salamander, Callaloo, and elsewhere. A six-time recipient of the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, he originally from the Bronx, New York, and now lives in Columbus, Ohio, where he teaches English. He can be found on Instagram @the_fit_poet.