Alayna Powell (she/they) is a biracial Black writer with roots along the Southern East Coast and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She identifies strongly as a poet, though she writes across and through genres. Her debut chapbook, After Forgiveness (2024), was recently published by Bottlecap Press. She is a third-year MFA student at the University of Alabama, where she’s also pursuing a certificate in Archival Studies and serving as the current Poetry Editor for Black Warrior Review.