Camonghne Felix is a poet, writer, speaker, and political strategist. She received an MA in arts politics from NYU, an MFA from Bard College, and has received fellowships from Cave Canem, Callaloo, and Poets House. Her first full-length collection of poems, Build Yourself a Boat (Haymarket Books), was longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award for Poetry. Her books Dyscalculia and Let the Poets Govern are forthcoming from Penguin Random House.