ABOUT THOMAS

THOMAS KNEELAND is a Black poet-scholar who writes at the intersection of ancestry, intergenerational healing, and ecological memory. A recent recipient of the Edward Stanley Award for poems published in Prairie Schooner, his current and forthcoming publication credits include Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, Southern Humanities Review, Columbia Journal, Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. Kneeland is also a Pushcart Prize nominee and was recently nominated for Hayden’s Ferry Review’s Best of Small Fiction Anthology. Named a 2025 Emerging Scholar by The EDU Ledger, Kneeland is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Anderson University.