Ari Lohr (any pronouns, get creative with it) is a queer poet and English Education major at Boston University. Xe is a Brave New Voices semifinalist, Slamlandia finalist, Portland Poetry Slam champion, and a 2021 Best of the Net nominee. Focusing on the mystical intersections between power, sexuality, and identity, Ari’s poetry appears in the Northern Otter Press, Opia Lit, Incandescent Review, and more. They are the author of EJAY., a confessional love letter / poetry chapbook, and Gravity, their debut full-length through Gutslut Press. They are also the managing editor of the Bitter Fruit Review and the editor-in-chief of the Jupiter Review. Xe believes truth is malleable, professionalism is violence, and arrogance is sexy. Ari can be found at arilohr.com or @arilohr on twitter and instagram.
I once pressed a sharpie into my palm with such forceit took three days to wash out. I left everything behind,and went east along an unpaved roadwith no endand found that I had gone nowhere,and that nothing had changedexcept the color of the treesand the sound of the leaves crunching beneath my feet.So yes – I know – I’m chipping
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