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Meca'Ayo (Tameca L Coleman) is a queer singer, multi-genre writer, itinerant nerd, massage therapist, and point and shoot art dabbler in Denver Colorado. Their writing and photography are featured in literary magazines, art exhibits, newspapers, and other venues and publications. Their first book an identity polyptych debuted from The Elephants in 2021, and considers familial estrangement, being in-between things as a mixed-race Black person, and moving towards reconciliation. Meca’Ayo Cole is a published author of poetry, creative nonfiction, journalism, fiction, and hybrid works and was a two-time poet laureate finalist in Adams County and for Colorado State in 2023. They create many community-centered projects, gatherings and collaborations, and practice as a massage therapist in Denver, Colorado.