Kieron Walquist

Kieron Walquist [he/they] holds an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Utah. His debut collection, OUR HANDS HOLD VIOLENCE, won the 2024 National Poetry Series and is out with Beacon Press. Their other work appears in Best New Poets, The Missouri Review, and The New Territory, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, and has received support from the Fine Arts Work Center, Monson Arts, the Taft-Nicholson Center, and Vermont Studio Center.