In our first installment of Poetry & Playlists, we share work from Jalynn Harris. "Moms Mabley's comedy albums are timeless—her jokes are limerick-like and full of signifyin'."
Jalynn Harris
Jalynn Harris is a Baltimore native currently pursuing an MFA at the University of Baltimore where she is the inaugural recipient of the Michael F. Klein Fellowship for Social Justice. She is also the founder of SoftSavagePress, a press dedicated to promoting works by Black people. She received her B.A in Linguistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her work has appeared in Transition, Gordon Square Review, and Super Stoked Words.