My name is Davi Gray (they/she); I am a queer, trans, nonbinary poet, writer, performer, artist, activist, and abolitionist. I live in North Minneapolis (Bde Óta Othúŋwe), on unceded lands of the Dakota and Ojibwe.

I have work published or forthcoming in Poetry, Water~Stone Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Rogue Agent, and elsewhere; won Honorable Mention in the 2023 Muriel Craft Bailey Poetry contest; and have won prizes in multiple genres in PEN America Prison Writing Contests. I can often be found performing poetry at open mics and events around the Twin Cities.

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Davi Gray (they/she) is a queer, trans, nonbinary poet, writer, performer, artist, activist, and abolitionist. They live in North Minneapolis (Bde Óta Othúŋwe), on unceded lands of the Dakota and Ojibwe.

Gray has work published or forthcoming in Poetry, Water~Stone Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Rogue Agent, and elsewhere; won Honorable Mention in the 2023 Muriel Craft Bailey Poetry contest; and has won prizes in multiple genres in PEN America Prison Writing Contests. She can often be found performing poetry at open mics and events around the Twin Cities. You can find more on Davi Gray and their work, including upcoming events, at davigray.com.

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Davi Gray (they/she)
Bde Óta Othúŋwe (Minneapolis)

Gray is a poet, writer, performer, artist, activist, and abolitionist; queer, trans, nonbinary, transfeminine; currently working as a writer, spoken-word performer, and part-time organizer building bridges between writers & other artists leaving incarceration and arts and social-justice-oriented people and organizations.
Gray spent several years incarcerated, and has worked as a tutor, prison newspaper editor, software developer, and airborne infantry soldier.
They have been published in Poetry magazine, Water~Stone Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, and elsewhere, and have won several prizes in PEN America Prison Writing contests. She has a bachelor's degree in computer science from Hawaii Pacific University.

Selected work