Kyle Jordan is a poet from Rhode Island, pursuing both a BA and MA in Creative Writing at the University of Rhode Island, and is the poetry editor for Etherbound. Their poetry engages with queer aesthetics and themes, and hopes to challenge the internalization of shame that marginalized groups often contend with. Also a student of both Black and Queer Studies, Kyle’s poetry hopes to emphasize to readers that oppression, in both physical and metaphysical forms, relies on division and works to dismantle collectivity. Kyle has a forthcoming publication of poems in Miscellany, and hopes to continue publishing poetry as well as pursue an MFA degree.