Rickey Laurentiis

Rickey Laurentiis (b. 1989) is an American trans poet raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are the author of Boy with Thorn (2015), winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize and Levis Reading Prize, and Death of the First Idea (2025), longlisted for the National Book Award. Laurentiis has received fellowships from the Whiting Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and others.Rickey Laurentiis website.