COUNTERPETITIONER’S SUPPORTING AFFIDAVIT
By Starr Davis
“I CERTIFY / I built a life on the run from the broken law of my body”
Starr Davis is a poet and essayist whose work has been featured in multiple literary venues such as The Kenyon Review, Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, The Rumpus, and Catapult. She is a 2021–2022 PEN America Writing for Justice Fellow and the Creative Nonfiction Editor for TriQuarterly, and the Mama’s Writing Columnist for Raising Mothers. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the City College of New York and a BA in journalism and creative writing from the University of Akron. She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in poetry and creative nonfiction, Best of the Net, and Best American Essays. She works as a poetry mentor and workshop facilitator for Brooklyn Poets.
By Starr Davis
“I CERTIFY / I built a life on the run from the broken law of my body”