A Haitian-born poet, educator, and publisher, Enzo Silon Surin holds an MFA in creative writing from Lesley University. His first full-length collection, When My Body Was a Clinched Fist (Black Lawrence Press, 2020), won the Massachusetts Book Award for Poetry, and American Scapegoat followed from the same press in 2023. His chapbooks include Higher Ground (Finishing Line Press) and A Letter of Resignation: An American Libretto (Central Square Press, 2017). Named a PEN New England Celebrated New Voice in Poetry in 2015, he founded Central Square Press and received a Brother Thomas Fellowship from the Boston Foundation.
