Deshawn McKinney

Deshawn McKinney is a writer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin working in whatever medium is best to tell the story. His work appears in journals such as Lolwe, Ploughshares, and Glass: A Journal of Poetry. Deshawn has performed around the world, from Kingston, Jamaica to London, England, serves as the Writer in Residence for Madison Writers’ Studio’s Fourth Lake Writing Retreat and is a two time Pushcart Prize nominee.  He is a 2016 Truman Scholar, a 2017 Marshall Scholar, and holds a Master in Social Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Master in Creative Writing – Poetry from the University of East Anglia. His debut chapbook, father forgive me, was published by Black Sunflowers Poetry Press in 2021. His first full length collection is slated for release in late 2024.