Biography
Randall Horton (he/him) is a poet, essayist, and creative nonfiction writer born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, who now lives in the Bronx, New York. His writing exists at the intersection of truth and discovery.
Horton is the author of #289-128: Poems and Dead Weight: A Memoir in Essays. He is the recipient of the GLCA New Writers Award for Creative Nonfiction for Hook: A Memoir, and two American Book Awards in Poetry and Oral Literature. Horton has received fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts and The Center for Art and Advocacy. His writings have been published in several journals, magazines, and newspapers, including Obsidian, Kenyon Review, Poetry, MS NOW, and Salon.
He is professor of English at University of New Haven and executive director of Radical Reversal, a nonprofit organization that installs Interactive Creative Studios inside of departments of correction and youth detention centers.
