Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo

Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo is the daughter of Mexican immigrants. She is author of Incantation: Love Poems for Battle Sites (Mouthfeel Press, 2023) and Posada: Offerings of Witness and Refuge (Sundress Publications, 2016). A former Steinbeck Fellow and Poets & Writers California Writers Exchange winner, she has been awarded residencies from Hedgebrook, Ragdale, Yefe Nof, Jentel, and the National Parks Arts Foundation in partnership with Gettysburg National Military Park and the Poetry Foundation. Her poem “Battlegrounds” was featured in Poem-a-Day, On Being’s Poetry Unbound, and in the anthology, Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World (W.W. Norton, 2023). She teaches poetry and creative writing at Antioch University and with UCLA Extension. Bermejo is the director of Women Who Submit. Inspired by her Chicana identity, she works to cultivate love and comfort in chaotic times.