Ugly Music

Diannely Antigua is a Dominican American poet and educator born and raised in Massachusetts around 1990. She is the author of Ugly Music (YesYes Books, 2019), winner of the Pamet River Prize and a 2020 Whiting Award, and Good Monster (Copper Canyon Press, 2024). Her notable achievements include serving as the youngest and first person of color Poet Laureate of Portsmouth, New Hampshire (2022-2024) and receiving an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship in 2023. Read more →