Grandmothers Some little girls, with plaits and blemishes, cook rice and jerk chicken as the heat crawls down their spine in the…
Kay Bell
Kay Bell is a visionary poet, educator, and community leader, currently serving as the 2023-2025 Bronx Poet Laureate. Author of two poetry collections, "Cry Sweat Bleed Write" and "Diary of an Intercessor,” Kay believes writing works as a birthing floor for healing, invention, and reimagination— where the poetic voice is responsible for both blessing and bruising the inquiring reader. She earned an MFA from The City College of New York, where she also works as an Adjunct Professor and Academic Advisor. When Kay isn’t teaching or writing, she can be found nurturing her plants and her two sons, in the heart of the South Bronx.