Author

Xochi Quetzali Cartland is a queer Chicana poet and seamstress from the DMV. She holds a BA in literary arts from Brown University, and her work has appeared in HAD, Muzzle Magazine, Oroboro / Death Rattle Literary, and elsewhere. She was an ONLY POEMS Poet of the Year finalist in 2024 and the 2025 Latinx in Publishing poetry mentee and is the 2026 Pride Poet-in-Residence of the Arts Club in Washing. Find more of her work on Instagram @xochi_cartland.