Desire

Tobi Kassim was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, and has lived in the United States since 2003. His poems have been published in The Volta, The Brooklyn Review, Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day, Zócalo Public Square, and elsewhere. His chapbook Dear Sly Stone (2023) was published by Spiral Editions. Kassim is an Undocupoets fellow, the recipient of a Katharine Bakeless Nason Scholarship from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and an assistant poetry editor for West Branch. He works at New Haven Free Public Library.