C. Lofty Bolling

C. Lofty Bolling

C.Lofty Bolling (they/them) is a black, queer, and southern poet who has recently relocated to Chicago in 2021 and have been writing poetry regularly since middle school, self publishing since their senior year of high school. Through their poetry they explore notions of identity formations, the quantum imagination, history, ontology and voodoo practices. They have 6 self published works titled, Lofty (2019), The Aquarius’ Aquarium (2019), Blue and Orange (2020), Unloc’d (2021), Black Atlanteans (2021) and The Master’s House (2021) and additional individual poems published through Lupercalia Press, and Rigorous Press. More info on C.Lofty Bolling…


Workshops:

02/27/2024  “Love Letters
12/19/2023  “as above so below
07/21/2023  “Alternative Conversations
02/10/2023  “2 Blind Contours
08/12/2022  “Word on the Block
06/17/2022  “Name Sake
02/18/2022  “Questions & Things