Tamiko Beyer is the author of We Come Elemental, and the chapbooks Dovetail, co-authored with Kimiko Hahn and bough breaks. Her poems have been published or are forthcoming in Black Warrior Review, Denver Quarterly, The Volta, Dusie, and elsewhere. She has received grants and fellowships from Kundiman and the Astraea Lesbian Writers Fund among others, A social justice communications writer and strategist, she spends her days writing truth to power. She live in Dorchester, MA and online at tamikobeyer.com.