Friday, May 16, 2025

Deshawn McKinney

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Deshawn McKinney is a writer proudly reppin the northside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His work is steeped in hip-hop and is a means of exploring liberation and the delicate balance of existence. He holds a Master in Social Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Master in Creative Writing - Poetry from the University of East Anglia. Deshawn's poetry appears or is forthcoming in the 2019 UEA MA Poetry Anthology, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, and on Lolwe.

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