Natasha K. Boyd is pursuing an MFA in poetry at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her essays and criticism have appeared in The Cut, The Nation, The Drift, Mother Jones, Pioneerworks Broadcast, The L.A. Review of Books, CARLA, and elsewhere. With her co-founders, she edits Some Creek Press.

She is a recipient of the 2026 Jane Lunin Poetry Award, which was judged by Rae Armantrout.