Jessica Lanay (She/They) is a Black feminist interdisciplinary writer, poet, and art journalist raised in Key West, Florida. Their/Her debut hybrid poetry collection, am•phib•ian won the 2020 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Prize judged by Toi Derricotte from Broadside Lotus Press. They/She is a Cave Canem and Callaloo Fellow. Their/Her poetry can be found in Indiana Review, Prairie Schooner, Poet Lore, and others. They/She has performed her poetry at the Brooklyn Museum, The Cave Canem and Bowery Presents First Book series, and with Brooklyn Poets. Their/Her personal and craft essays can be found in Salt Hill Journal and Black Warrior Review. Lanay's art writing can currently be found in BOMB Magazine where she has interviewed artists such as El Anatsui, Howardena Pindell, Vanessa German, and Shikeith, among others. Their/Her art criticism can also be found in catalog contributions for The Andy Warhol Museum's exhibition Fantasy America, Nona Faustine’s monograph White Shoes, and the Washington Project for the Arts exhibition curated by Tsedaye Makonnen Black Women As/And The Living Archive.