Trace Depass

Trace Howard DePass is a poet and teaching artist. His books include self-portrait as the space between us (PANK, 2018) and BOOTless → (Diode Editions, 2024). BOOTless → was published by Diode Editions on June 5, 2024, and is inspired by a 1967 Martin Luther King Jr. interview on economic freedom and the legacy of slavery. He is a fellow with Poets House, Obsidian, and Teachers & Writers, and won the 2024 Emily Dickinson Award from the Poetry Society of America. His work has appeared in outlets including the Poetry Foundation, NPR's The Takeaway, and the Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day series.