Justin Rogers (Black, Matilda)is a Black poet, educator, coach, and editor from Detroit, MI. Rogers shares poems surrounding living and praying as a Black man in America. He most recently has work published in Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Gramma Press, is author of micro-zine Nostalgia as Black Matilda (Rinky Dink Press 2017) and will release his chapbook Black, Matilda in 2019 with Glass Poetry Press. He is the coordinator of InsideOut’s after school program, Citywide Poets.