Keisha-Gaye Anderson is a Jamaican-born poet, writer, visual artist, and communications consultant based in Brooklyn, NY. She is the author of three poetry collections--Gathering the Waters (Jamii Publishing 2014), Everything Is Necessary (Willow Books 2019), and A Spell for Living (Agape Editions 2020), which received the Agape Editions' Editors’ Choice Award and BIBA (Best Indie Book) Award in 2024. Her poetry, essays and fiction have been widely anthologized in literary magazines and anthologies and she as featured at Dodge Poetry Festival, Brooklyn Museum, MoCADA museum, NY Historical Society, and elsewhere. Her art has been featured in multiple exhibitions at venues like Weeksville Heritage Center, Five Myles Gallery, Restoration Plaza, and Carter Burden Gallery, and has been featured in publications like Caribbean Writer, The Mom Egg Review, Langston Hughes Review, and others. Keisha is also an educator and workshop leader for The City University of New York, Poets House, and other organizations. She has received grants and/or fellowships from the NY Council on the Arts, NY Foundation for the Arts, and Laundromat Project. She holds a B.A. from Syracuse University and an M.F.A. in creative writing from The City College, CUNY. Learn more about her at www.keishagaye.ink
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