Khalisa Rae is an award-winning multi-hyphenate poet, educator and journalist. She is best known for her community activism and nonprofit management as the co-founder of Poet.she, the Invisibility Project and Athenian Press-QPOC writer’s collective, resource center, and bookstore in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Her first chapbook,Real Girls Have Real Problems, was published in 2012 by Jacar Press and later adapted into a sold-out play called, “The Seven Deadly Sins of Being a Woman.” Her early work with stage performance and slam poetry landed her on stage at the National Poetry Slam, Women of the World Poetry Slam, Individual World Poetry Slam and Southern Fried Regional Poetry Slam, among others. Her 2021 debut collection,Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat, was published by Red Hen Press.

Rae’s reading is presented as part of the Seavey Reading Series, provides students with unparalleled access to acclaimed authors through readings and classroom activities.