Abayomi Animashaun

Abayomi Animashaun is a Nigerian-born poet and editor who teaches English at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. He lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He has published three poetry collections with Black Lawrence Press, including Seahorses (2020), and has edited several anthologies, among them Others Will Enter the Gates and Walking the Tightrope. His poems have appeared in journals such as Poetry Ireland Review, TriQuarterly, African American Review, and The Cortland Review. He won the Hudson Prize and received a grant from the International Center for Writing and Translation.