Rachel McKibbens

Rachel McKibbens is a writer with three full-length books of poetry, blud (Copper Canyon, 2017) Into the Dark & Emptying Field (Small Doggies Press, 2013) and Pink Elephant (to be re-released on Button Poetry.) In 2012, McKibbens founded The Pink Door Writing Retreat, an annual retreat held exclusively for non-men writers of color. In 2022, McKibbens was the subject of the podcast We Were Three, from The New York Times and the creators of Serial. She is from Santa Ana, CA.