Who Am I?

Will Diggs is an Afro-Korean and Indigenous Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee from the Southeastern US. My roots lie in Prince George’s County, Maryland, and the Piedmont region of the beautiful state of North Carolina. I attended North Carolina Central University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, taking courses centered in English, History, and Queer Studies.

Primarily a poet, I am inspired by writers like Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Tupac Shakur, Mary Oliver, and Nikki Giovanni. Outside of stanzas, I am a fan of work ranging from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley to Kindred, the century-bending volume by Octavia Butler.

I currently serve on the Editorial Staff of Mouthful of Salt Literary Journal, based in Baltimore, Maryland.

I am also the co-founder of Sepia Soul Live Poetry and Music and served as Co-Creative Director from 2024 to 2026.