A’niya Taylor is the two-time (2022-23) Youth Poet
Laureate of Baltimore and a 2021 graduate of Baltimore City College,
and the 2021 and 2023 captain of the Baltimore City Youth Poetry
Team. She won 1st place in the 2021 Brave New Voices individual
poetry slam and was nominated for Marylander of the Year in 2020 for
her work in activism. Additionally, shed served as a Youth Poet
Ambassador in 2020 and 2021. Taylor has been featured in publications
such as The Baltimore Sun where she was recognized for her
gifts and ability to share them with others.
In The Space
Between: The Hurting, The Healing, The Loving, A’niya reflects
on her life as she’s crawled through graveyards to sit in the light
in the garden. In three parts she shows you what it’s like to get
to the other side of depression and how it’s not always a linear
path.
