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Torch Magazine
Celebrating creative writing by Black women from across the diaspora.


Friday Feature: Jennifer Coley
Jennifer Coley is a writer from North Carolina. She is a graduate of East Carolina University, where she obtained a BA in Art History...
6 days ago


Friday Feature: Tatiana Johnson-Boria
Tatiana Johnson-Boria (she/her) is the author of Nocturne in Joy (2023), winner of the 2024 Julia Ward Howe Book Prize in poetry. She's...
Feb 7


Friday Feature: Joi' C. Weathers
Joi’ C. Weathers is an award-winning marketer turned writer and third-generation Chicago South Sider with over 14 years of experience...
Jan 31


Friday Feature: Elisha Mykelti
Elisha Mykelti conjures poetry that honors sight. She serves on the editorial board for Sundress Publications. She received the 2023...
Jan 24


Friday Feature: Sakena Washington
Sakena Jwan Washington (she/her) is a Pittsburgh boomeranger and creative nonfiction writer. She was recently named the 2024-25...
Jan 17


Friday Feature: Jordan E. Franklin
Jordan E. Franklin (she/her) hails from Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA from Stony Brook Southampton and is a doctoral candidate at...
Jan 10


Friday Feature: Esther Kondo Heller
Photo credit : Aishvarya Arora Esther Kondo Heller is a poet, literary critic, and experimental sound and filmmaker. They are a...
Dec 6, 2024


Friday Feature: Sandra Jackson-Opoku
Sandra Jackson-Opoku is the author of an award-winning novel, The River Where Blood is Born and Hot Johnny and the Women Who Loved Him,...
Oct 25, 2024


Friday Feature: Mon Misir
Mon Misir (she/they) is a queer Black British writer and recovering lawyer based in London, UK. They use their writing to explore facets...
Oct 18, 2024


Friday Feature: A. E. Wynter
A. E. Wynter is a Black, Jamaican-descended writer and editor from New York. She is also a community organizer and currently lives in...
Oct 11, 2024


Friday Feature: Erica Frederick
Erica Frederick is a queer, Haitian American writer from Orlando, Florida currently living in Brooklyn, New York. She received her MFA...
Oct 4, 2024


Friday Feature: Chyann Hector
Chyann Hector is a Black Jamaican-American writer and educator based in the DMV. She has been writing ever since she could remember and...
Sep 13, 2024


Friday Feature: Chidima Anekwe
Chidima Anekwe is an emerging writer hailing from the old coastal town of Stratford, CT. She is a recent graduate from Yale University...
Sep 6, 2024


Friday Feature: Talicha J
Talicha J. is a Black queer poet and teaching artist. A Pushcart Prize nominee and Collaborating Fellow at The Poetry Lab, she’s...
Aug 30, 2024


Friday Feature: Lydia Mathis
Lydia Mathis has an MFA in fiction from New York University. She earned her BA in English literature with a minor in classical...
Jul 19, 2024


Friday Feature: Sabrina Spence
Sabrina Spence is an event coordinator, poet, and theatre-lover from Memphis, TN. She is also an MFA candidate at the University of...
Jul 12, 2024


Friday Feature: Natiesha Evans
Natiesha Evans is an emerging writer based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work, which includes poetry, essays, and short stories, explores...
Jul 5, 2024


Friday Feature: Shams Alkamil
Shams Alkamil is a Black Muslim poet. Alkamil began writing as a mode of self-expression to then being twice nominated for a Pushcart...
Jun 14, 2024


Friday Feature: Sydney Mayes
Sydney Mayes is a poet from Denver, Colorado. Her poems have been published or are forthcoming in The Atlantic, Poets.org , The Iowa...
Jun 7, 2024


Friday Feature: Felicia A. Rivers
Felicia A. Rivers lives in the Greene Townes west of Philadelphia, PA, USA where she escaped the corporate majority and joined the...
May 31, 2024
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