Gray, Davi

Davi Gray (she/they) is a queer, trans, nonbinary poet, writer, performer, artist, producer, activist, and abolitionist. They live in Bde Óta Othúŋwe (Minneapolis), on unceded Dakhóta lands, where she works through the ReEntry Lab to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration with literary and arts communities ready to receive them. Davi has work published in Poetry magazine, Water~Stone Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Rogue Agent, and elsewhere. She writes first for the page, but is also a spoken word and slam poet; she helped bring her team to finals at the Midwest Poetry Mash-Up in 2025 and 2026. She was a finalist for the Haymarket Writing Freedom Fellowship in 2025; has been awarded grants by the Minnesota State Arts Board, the City of Minneapolis, and others; produces the podcast Into a Darker Wilderness; and has several digital film projects and collaborations in progress. Her first poetry collection, This Body, This Fruit, a finalist for the 2025 Louise Bogan Award for Excellence in Poetry, will be published by Trio House Press in February 2027. Her solo-performer play, also titled This Body, This Fruit, is premiering at the Phoenix Theater in Minneapolis in July 2026. You can find more on Davi and her work, including publications and upcoming events and performances, at DaviGray.com.