Matoaka, One Who Kindles (Also Known as Pocahontas)

Grace Ocasio was a finalist for the inaugural Rash Award in poetry in 2010. Her poetry has appeared in Rattle, Earth's Daughters, Court Green, Obsidian III, and phatitude Literary Magazine. She has poems forthcoming in Mythium and Broad River Review. Her chapbook, Hollerin from This Shack, was published by Ahadada Books. She completed a residency at Marilyn Nelson's Soul Mountain Retreat. She received her MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, her MA in English from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.