"Reincarnation" by S. Erin Batiste
S. Erin Batiste is an interdisciplinary poet, storyteller, and author of the chapbook Glory to All Fleeting Things. In 2021 she is a Writer in Residence at The Studios at MASS MoCA and Prairie Ronde at the Mill at Vicksburg, and she is the recipient of a PERIPLUS fellowship. Her other recent honors include fellowships and generous support from Bread Loaf Writers' Conference-Rona Jaffe Foundation, Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Crosstown Arts, Cave Canem, and Callaloo. Batiste is a reader for The Rumpus and her own Pushcart, Best New Poets, and Best of the Net nominated poems are anthologized and appear internationally in Michigan Quarterly Review, Puerto del Sol, and wildness among other decorated journals.