Lourdes Dolores Follins

Lourdes Dolores Follins is a Black, queer, US-born woman who comes from a long line of survivors and working-class strivers. Her creative writing touches on themes such as notions of family, the consequences of keeping secrets, intergenerational trauma, and the wounds caused by racism. Her creative nonfiction, poetry, and fiction have appeared in Rigorous, Watermelanin, Medium, Feminine Collective, The Writing Disorder, Sinister Wisdom, Gertrude Press, Tahoma Literary Review, and elsewhere. In addition, Lourdes Dolores is also a psychotherapist for QTIPOC and a Yorùbá-Lukumí priest.