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Kashawn Taylor

Kashawn Taylor is a formerly incarcerated writer and educator based in Connecticut. He holds a BA in English and Psychology and an MA in English and Creative Writing. His debut poetry collection, subhuman, written during his incarceration, was published by Wayfarer Books in March 2025. He also serves as an audience engagement fellow at the Prison Journalism Project.
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Subhuman: Poems

Subhuman: Poems is Kashawn Taylor's debut full-length poetry collection, published by Wayfarer Books in March 2025. Written during Taylor's incarceration, the collection documents the physical, emotional, and spiritual toll of imprisonment through the perspective of a Black, queer man navigating life behind bars.

Reviewed Aug 3, 2026

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