Jelal Huyler

Jelal Huyler is a poet from Oakland, California, who describes themselves as not condoning linear time. They have competed four times in the National Poetry Slam and won two Grand Slam championships with teams from Berkeley and Stockton. They also coached Northampton, Massachusetts slam teams in 2016 and 2017. Huyler's book of poems A Man Was Lynched Today was published by Game Over Books. Their poems have appeared in several literary journals, including Drunk in a Midnight Choir and Eleven Eleven. Their work also appears in the documentary Cracking the Codes.