Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

Born in Savannah, Georgia, and a long-time resident of Charleston, South Carolina, before relocating to the Southwest, Darryl Lorenzo Wellington is a poet, essayist, playwright and public speaker. He is the 2001-2023 Santa Fe, NM Poet Laureate. His full-length poetry collection is Psalms at the Present Time (Flowstone Press, 2021)

He is also a wordsmith whose articles and essays have appeared internationally. His best-known articles include “New Orleans: A Right to Return” a lengthy exploration of repatriation issues following Hurricane Katrina (Dissent magazine) “ The Twisted Business of Donating Plasma” an expose of the plasma industry (The Atlantic) and “Reality Publishing” a philosophical reexamination of the Amazon publishing phenomenon (N+1 magazine).

He is a playwright and performance artist, who has appeared on the Tavis Smiley radio show and Democracy Now. His work in poetry, prose and performance centers on political and social movements, economic justice, civil rights history and race relations.