Publications
Poetry
Mathews’ poetry explores the themes of Black womanhood (queer and otherwise), the spectacular demolition of the nuclear family, and sifting for pearls in generational trauma.
Their work has been published in the following literary journals and zines:
Hoxie Gorge Press - Issue 7 (2023)
Poem Featured:
Ode to relapse and recovery
Rigorous -
Volume 7, Issue 2 (July 2023)
Poem’s Featured:
invocation against psychosurgery
negrita
homecoming
New Note - Summer Issue (July 2023)
Poem Featured:
Elegy for icarus + isaac
Lolwe (November 2022)
Poems Featured:
Night thief
moonstuck
aurorabore|atlas
Hennepin Review - Issue 6 (June 2022)
Poem Featured:
Zira
Vermillion - Flash Issue 6 (Spring 2022)
Poem Featured:
Cousin
Outlook Springs - Issue 7 (January 2021)
Poems Featured:
Earwig.
invocation
frances
Penumbra Literary and Art Journal - Black Voices and Experiences Online Exclusive Series (August 2020)
Poem Featured:
cradle
Hey, I’m Alive Magazine - Issue 4 (August 2020)
Poems Featured:
Seattle
Atë
southern belle
Tilde~ A Literary Journal - Issue 5 (Summer 2020)
Poem Featured:
hanlon’s razor
Awake by Lucky Jefferson - Issue 1 (Summer 2020)
Poem Featured:
Blackbird or stone
Passenger Journal - Volume 1 Issue 2 (Summer) 2020
Poem Featured:
[untitled] (after Tomaz Salamun)
Serendipity Magazine by the Black Lesbian Literary Collective - Issue 5 (Summer 2020)
Poem Featured:
Fathersong
Prizes
Talking With Trees Poetry Competition
plants & poetry
1st Place Poem, “Old ass tree”
The Anzaldúa Poetry Prize
Newfound
Winner of the Anzaldúa Poetry Prize, Nailah’s chapbook better hands will be published by Newfound in the spring of 2025.