Mia Nakaji Monnier

Mia Nakaji Monnier writes to honor the small moments that bring meaning and magic to our lives. She is interested in the gulfs and connections between people, cultural and racial in-betweenness, diaspora, the rhythms of nature, and how to teach her toddler and herself to live in a world full of beauty, injustice, and grief. Her writing appears in Los Angeles Review of Books, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Best New Poets 2024 (University of Virginia Press), and This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and Connection by Jen Hewett (Roost Books 2021), among other places. She has received awards and support from Black Warrior Review, Los Angeles Press Club, Idyllwild Arts, Sundress Academy for the Arts, and Catapult. Mia also teaches journaling workshops and writes the newsletter Following the Thread, about motherhood and art, which you can find at miagabb.substack.com. She lives in Los Angeles.