Kevin Simmonds is a writer and musician based in San Francisco. His books include the poetry collection Mad for Meat (Salmon Poetry) and two edited works, Collective Brightness: LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion & Spirituality and Ota Benga Under My Mother’s Roof. He wrote the music for the Emmy Award-winning documentary HOPE: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica and, most recently, the noh theatre piece Emmett Till, a river, commissioned by the Creative Work Fund. He’s received three San Francisco Arts Commission grants and support from Fulbright, Cave Canem and the Pulitzer Center.