Tracy Dimond

Tracy Dimond is a Baltimore-based poet who holds an MFA from the University of Baltimore. Her full-length collection Emotion Industry was published by Barrelhouse. She is also the author of four chapbooks, including one from akinoga press. Dimond was a 2016 Baker Artist Award finalist and a 2025 Best of the Net nominee. Her chapbook Sorry I Wrote So Many Sad Poems Today won Baltimore City Paper's Best Chapbook. She writes about chronic illness, creativity, and movement on her blog. She has taught workshops for Writers in Baltimore Schools, EMP Collective, the University of Baltimore, and the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Her poems have appeared in Smartish Pace, Lines + Stars, and Washington Writers Publishing House.