B. 1983
fahima ife, a Black woman with dark brown dreadlocks and gold rimmed glasses, sits outside with her face upturned towards the sun.

Photo courtesy of the poet

fahima ife (she/her) is an American poet, essayist, and editor. She is the author of the poetry books Septet for the Luminous Ones (Wesleyan University Press, 2024) and Maroon Choreography (Duke University Press, 2021), as well as the chapbook, abalone (Albion Books, 2023). Her poems have been published in The Kenyon Review, Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, Poetry Daily, the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-A-Day, Interim, The Brooklyn Rail, and others. She has performed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of the African Diaspora, the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics, and the Library of Congress.