Enzo Silon Surin is a Haitian-born award-winning poet, author, educator, publisher, and social advocate. He is the author of American Scapegoat (Black Lawrence Press, 2023) and When My Body Was a Clinched Fist (Black Lawrence Press, 2020), winner of the 21st Annual Massachusetts Book Award. He has also authored two chapbooks and co-edited Where We Stand: Poems of Black Resilience (Cherry Castle Publishing, 2022).

Through his work as an editor, publisher, and consultant, Surin has helped hundreds of poets find the inner compass of their work—guiding them toward clarity, authenticity, and artistic courage. His poetry centers on the intersections of identity, belonging, and justice, giving voice to experiences that emerge from what he calls “broken spaces.”

Surin’s writing has been featured by the Poetry Foundation, Poets & Writers, and the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day. He is the founder and publisher of Central Square Press, an independent press amplifying marginalized voices, and currently serves as a Visiting Lecturer in Creative Writing at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.