sadé powell is a concrete poet based in staten island, ny. inspired by growing up across every borough, she uses the sonic, kinesthetic, and linguistic capacities of her 1930s royal typewriter to deploy dissemblance as black vernacularity. she is the author of wordtomydead (ugly duckling presse), which received the 2025 anna rabinowitz award, and periodluv (belladonna* collaborative). her debut collection dontbeabitterbtch is out now with selva oscura press.

sadé powell is a concrete poet based in staten island, ny. inspired by growing up across every borough, she uses the sonic, kinesthetic, and linguistic capacities of her 1930s royal typewriter to deploy dissemblance as black vernacularity. she is the author of wordtomydead (ugly duckling presse), which received the 2025 anna rabinowitz award, and periodluv (belladonna* collaborative). her debut collection dontbeabitterbtch is out now with selva oscura press.