Constance Collier-Mercado

is an experimental writer & artist whose work examines nuance within dialectical, multilingual, & equivocal spaces. Consumed by ideas of global Blackness as polyamorous Church, she weaves this aesthetic into her practice via an irreverent blk feminine divine.

Born in Chicago & raised in the Bronx, her writing takes on a broad range of styles but is especially influenced by a passion for Afro-Surrealism, the poetry of the Black Arts Movement, & her belief in infinite AfroFutures. Her words & art have been published in FIYAH Magazine, Linden Avenue Literary Journal, The Auburn Avenue, Kweli Journal, The Believer, Root Work Journal, & elsewhere.

Constance lives in Southwest Atlanta