Khalisa Rae Thompson

Khalisa Rae is an award-winning poet, activist, and journalist in Durham, NC. Her work has been seen in various literary magazines such as Tishman Review, Rust and Moth, Frontier, and she currently writes for NBC-BLK, Black Girl Nerds, Catapult, B*tch Media, among others. Her debut collections, Ghost in a Black Girls Throat are forthcoming from Red Hen Press on April 13, 2021, and Unlearning Eden from White Stag Publishing Jan 2022. Her mission to empower women and girls through body liberation and healing generational curses.

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Two hands are covered in darkness as they finger deep space, the space is in purple starry skies and it drips over the index and pointer finger of one hand facing upwards.

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Queering Faith: Reclaiming the Holy of Sexuality

How do you tell them your poem about pussy doesn’t negate your love for God? That your spirituality isn’t separate but an extension of you?

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Feb 25, 2021

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