Mickie Kennedy is a gay writer who resides in Baltimore County, Maryland. His work has appeared in Prairie Schooner, POETRY, The Threepenny Review, The Southern Review, The Sun, and elsewhere. His first full-length book of poetry, Worth Burning, was published by Black Lawrence Press in February 2026. He is the author of Glandscapes, the winner of the 2024 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest.