Charleen McClure is a poet and educator currently residing in New York City. Her work has been published in Kinfolks Quarterly, Muzzle, Poetry Project, and elsewhere. A Fulbright scholar, she has received fellowships from the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, VONA, The Conversation, and Cave Canem. She is a graduate of Agnes Scott and Hunter Colleges and is currently a MFA Creative Writing-Poetry candidate at New York University.