Demetrius Buckley

Demetrius Buckley’s work has appeared in the Michigan Quarterly Review—where he won the 2020 Page Davidson Clayton Prize for Emerging Poets—Apogee, PEN America, and RHINO. He is also the winner of the 2021 Derricotte/Eady Chapbook Prize.

Demetrius Buckley writes about

State Power Culture, Media & Education State Power

‘Everything in prison is done in a timely manner, except when our lives are on the line’

Demetrius Buckley
‘Everything in prison is done in a timely manner, except when our lives are on the line’

Walking on eggshells: The abuse of power and authority in prisons

Demetrius Buckley
color photograph of a man in an orange prison jumpsuit sitting behind bars reading a book