Author Description

Strange Religion, captures a poet's struggles with grief, faith, identity, and burgeoning sexuality expanding the definition and territory of each. In an effort to end the war with herself, the poet takes to the page and wrestles with her demons. Jasmine Griffin (she/her/they/them) is a black queer speculative writer of fiction and poetry. Presently, the Learning & Outreach Manager at the Taft Museum of Art; she's previously held positions at, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, The Mercantile Library, and Carve Magazine. Jasmine was recently published in Sage Cigarettes, Writer's Digest, midnight & indigo, Coffin Bell, Vast Chasm Magazine, Eunoia Review, Random Sample Review, Cincinnati Refined, Genre: Urban Arts, and Cleaning up Glitter. She received her MA in Creative Writing from Wilkes University. Jasmine is currently at work on her first novel, Blackbird at the Crossroads, which is set in New Orleans and steeped in Southern lore. For more information visit jasminegriffin.com.