John S Blake
ABOUT JOHN S BLAKE
Poet, essayist and podcaster. His Black Fluid Poet podcast tackles subjects such as race, gender and sobriety. In 2013, he presented a TEDx Talk titled Poetry Saves Lives.
He lived in project houses on the lower east side of Manhattan.
He has amassed more than 430,000 followers on his blackfluidpoet TikTok account.
He lost family members to addiction and illnesses such as HIV and cancer.
He is one of many famous poets, including Amanda Gorman .