Kimberly Reyes

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Kimberly Reyes is a second-generation Nuyorican, Black American, and Caribbean writer of Saint Martin descent. She is the author of Bloodletting (Omnidawn, 2025); vanishing point. (Omnidawn, 2023); and Running to Stand Still (Omnidawn, 2019), a finalist for Civil Coping Mechanism’s 2017 Mainline Competition.

Reyes is the recipient of honors from the Poetry Foundation, the Fulbright Program, and the Academy of American Poets. Reyes is an assistant professor of English and creative writing at the University of Miami.