The Poetry Project

Jonah Mixon-Webster

© Aslan Chalom

Jonah Mixon-Webster is a poet and interdisciplinary artist from Flint, MI. His debut collection, Stereo(TYPE), received the PEN America/Joyce Osterweil Award and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. He is an alumnus of Eastern Michigan University and received a Ph.D. in English Studies from Illinois State University. He is the recipient of a Windham Campbell Prize for Poetry and fellowships from Vermont Studio Center, Center for African American Poetry and Poetics, and the PEN Writing for Justice Program. His poetry and hybrid works are featured in various publications including Obsidian, Harper’s, The Yale Review, Jazz & Culture, The Rumpus, The New Republic, and Best American Experimental Writing.