Jada Renée Allen

Jada Renée Allen (she/her) is a writer, educator, and culture worker from South Side Chicago, Illinois. She is the recipient of fellowships, scholarships, and support from Tin House, Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, Community of Writers, The Frost Place, and VONA, among other organizations. 

Allen’s writing appears in Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, Callaloo, Chicago Reader, Gulf Coast, Logic(s) Magazine, wildness, and other publications. 

Allen is the founding executive director of The Frances Thompson Writers Studio and she is the editor-in-chief of Bodemé.