Dare Williams reads his poem, “My Lover Watches Their Lover Die” from Shō No. 3, Summer/Fall 2023.
Dare Williams is a Queer HIV-positive poet and literary worker rooted in Southern California. He has received support/fellowships for his work from Brooklyn Poets, Bread Loaf, Tin House, and Vermont Studio Center. He has been awarded a California Arts Council Performance Grant, and his work has been featured in Kenyon Review, Foglifter, Poetry Northwest, and elsewhere. He is an associate poetry editor at Hooligan Magazine. and a current student in the MFA program for writers at Warren Wilson College.