Soonest Nathaniel

Soonest Nathaniel is a poet, digital media strategist, broadcast journalist, and spoken word artist. His poetry collection, Teaching Father How to Impregnate Women, was selected as a winner of the RL Poetry Award. His second book – Burying The Ghost of Dead Narratives – was published in collaboration with the British Council. A Rhysling Award and Pushcart nominee, Soonest was selected in 2023 to be a fellow of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa; he was also a 2021 Langston Hughes Fellow at the Palm Beach Festival and Poet Laureate for the Korea Nigeria Poetry Festival.