About Jenni(f)er Tamayo

Jennif(f)er Tamayo (they/them) is a poet, educator and organizer. As a formerly detained undocumented migrant, their writing and performance reimagines and queers cultural narratives about “illegal migration” and belonging. They are the author of the visual art and poetry collections [Red Missed Aches, Read Mistakes, Red Mistakes, Read Missed Aches] (2011), YOU DA ONE (2017) to kill the future in the present (2018), and bruise/bruise/break (2022). 

JT currently lives and works on Saponi, Occaneechi Saponi, Eno and Shakori territories (sections of the Triad region of North Carolina) where they are building a school. 

bruise/bruise/break is their fifth collection- and first self-published project. It is a staple-bound book printed on uncoated 100% recyclable paper.

For more information, visit www.jennifertamayo.com