Christopher Stewart is the author of What Came After (The Calliope Group) and co-author (with Quraysh Ali Lansana) of The Walmart Republic (Mongrel Empire Press). His poems have recently appeared or will appear in Midwest Quarterly, RHINO, Oberon, Bryant Literary Review, Oakwood, The Perch, Connecticut River Review, Eastern Iowa Review, Marrow, Atlanta Review, and others. He is the recipient of the 2025 RHINO Poetry Founder’s Prize and was a 2023 finalist for the Iowa Review Award, among other recognitions.