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About Brynna

Brynna is a Black, queer, poet and teacher from Texas. Currently based in Boston, she is the 2024 Boston Poetry Slam Champion, and was on the winning team for the 2024 Northbeast regional slam and 2025 VOX POP Team Slam. She has always had a love for writing and has found community through sharing her work at slams, open mics, and local writing groups. Her work is published in places such as Clitbait Feminist Blog, Molecule Mag, The Trident Poetry Collective Anthologies: The Heartbreaks and With Gritted Teeth, Shooting Stars At Sky–The Poetry of Play, and displayed proudly in the homes of her friends and family. She is the author of a zine, Plantation Fires, that explores protest, identity, and ancestry. Brynna teaches middle school creative writing, and finds great joy in helping students explore their creative power. Her writing is informed by her lived experiences, readings, musings of better worlds, and the everyday. When she’s not writing or teaching, you’ll find her at thrift stores, book shops, and searching for the best fries in town. The best way to keep up with her is on Instagram: @brynna_boyd or find her for a fresh yappuccino!