Robert Lashley was a 2016 Jack Straw Fellow, Artist Trust Fellow and a nominee for a Stranger Genius Award. His books include “Green River Valley” (Blue Cactus Press, 2021), “Up South” (Small Doggies Press, 2017) and “The Homeboy Songs” (Small Doggies Press, 2014). His poetry has appeared in The Seattle Review of Books, NAILED, Poetry Northwest, McSweeney’s and The Cascadia Review and recently, The Cascadia Field Guide. In 2019, Entropy Magazine named “The Homeboy Songs” one of the 25 essential books to come out of Seattle. His novel, “I Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer,” was selected as a finalist for a Washington State Book Award in 2024 and this year was selected as one of bookshop.com‘s 30 favorite Black books in the last 10 years. He lives in Bellingham.
