Nisha Atalie

Nisha Atalie is a poet and organizer. Her poems have appeared in Poem-A-Day, Blood Orange Review, Yalobusha Review, Breakwater Review, and elsewhere. Her poem “Do/Do Not” placed third for the Academy of American Poets’ Treehouse Climate Action Prize. Her nonfiction writing has appeared at Rampant. Her biggest inspiration is the ongoing, centuries-long struggle to decolonize the world and uproot racial capitalism. Nisha is based in Chicago, on occupied Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi land. More of her work can be found at nishaatalie.com.