Mia S. Willis is a Black queer poet, popular educator, and cultural historian from Charlotte, North Carolina. They are a Master of Fine Arts student at Randolph College and the author of monster house. (Jai-Alai Books), the 2018 winner of Cave Canem’s Toi Derricotte & Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize. Mia's debut full-length collection, the space between men (Penguin), was a winner of the 2023 National Poetry Series Competition. 

AVGY featured poet Mia S. Willis with Asma and  Ayanna Florence. In collaboration with The Watering Hole.