A middle-aged man with light skin, glasses, and a shaved head, wearing a navy sweater, sitting on a black leather chair against a plain white wall.

Christopher Stewart is the author of What Came After (The Calliope Group) and co-author (with Quraysh Ali Lansana) of The Walmart Republic (Mongrel Empire Press). His poems have appeared in RHINO, Bellevue Literary Review, Oberon, Bryant Literary Review, Connecticut River Review, Eastern Iowa Review, Atlanta Review, and elsewhere. He is the recipient of the 2025 RHINO Poetry Founder’s Prize and was a finalist for the Iowa Review Award, among other recognitions.