Quinton Okoro reads their poem, “katabases” from Shō No. 4, Winter 2024.
Quinton Okoro is a Black, nonbinary poet from Nigeria, with a BA in Creative Writing from UNC-Chapel Hill. They are a 2024 Djanikian Scholar and the winner of a University & College Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets, among other awards. Their poetry is featured in The Adroit Journal, Poets.org, Nimrod International Journal, Shō Poetry Journal, Driftwood Press, and elsewhere. Find them on Twitter @quintonpoet.