mace dent johnson is a poet from Columbus, Georgia. They received an MFA in Poetry from Washington University in St. Louis, where they then taught as the senior poet in residence. They are a fellow of Cave Canem, Bread Loaf, and the Watering Hole. They were a finalist for the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics Prize and the Ploughshares Emerging Writers contest. mace lives in Brooklyn, and also works in essay, theater, and collage.