Kyle Carrero Lopez is a writer and co-founder of LEGACY, a production collective by and for Black queer artists. He is the author of MUSCLE MEMORY, the chapbook winner of the 2020 [PANK] Books Contest, and his debut full-length poetry collection PARTY LINE is forthcoming from Graywolf in 2026.

People who say thank you after asking a favor but before you’ve even agreed you’ll do it make him So Mad, as does gerrymandering.